广岛县81岁的农民里川武行和77岁的妻子正子于2024年因年龄渐长和成本不断攀升，停止了家族稻田的水稻种植。今秋是他们首次从其他种植户购买大米。农业合作社的一名成员表示，虽然培养后继者至关重要，但许多农民忙于勉强维持生计而无暇顾及。
里川武行，81岁，和他的妻子正子，77岁，是广岛县东广岛市的居民，于2024年结束了数十年来在小型家族稻田上的水稻栽培。这一决定主要源于年龄导致的身体力量下降，以及化肥和燃料等生产成本的急剧上涨。2025年秋天，他们首次购买了他人种植的稻米，11月初的一天，他们端着刚煮好的米饭，一起说道：“开动吧。” 这对夫妇的故事突显了日本农村农业面临的老龄化等更广泛挑战。农业合作社的一名成员解释道：“培养接班人很重要，但大多数农民一直忙于生存而无暇他顾。”类似问题在岛根县等地区也很明显，引发了对水稻生产可持续性的担忧。 在日本全国，农业人口正在迅速老龄化，加上农村人口减少，这威胁着该行业的未来。越来越多的农民像里川夫妇一样，选择退出以避免给子女带来负担，正如“这样只会给孩子增加负担”这样的心声。这一趋势引发了关于在人口结构变化中维持地方粮食自给率的讨论。
The Japanese cabinet approved on Friday a shift to a demand-aligned rice production policy and new measures to prevent shortages. The changes aim to stabilize prices amid recent spikes in the staple food's cost. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government plans to submit a bill to the Diet.
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In Fukui City, 63-year-old former pharmacist Naoki Ejima has successfully grown bananas in a snowy environment, expecting an annual harvest of 20,000 fruits. Starting agricultural studies in 2021, he overcame challenges to achieve what was deemed impossible using greenhouses. His Echizen Bananas have gained popularity as souvenirs.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Tokyo on Friday to oppose Japan's easing of decades-old arms export restrictions. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government announced the change on Tuesday, drawing criticism for undermining the country's post-war pacifist principles. Demonstrators in Shinjuku held placards reading "Stop exporting lethal weapons!" and chanted against unilateral government decisions.
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Many evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture hesitate to return to their hometowns devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident due to anxiety over a lack of medical services. The number of medical institutions in the prefecture has dropped from 132 to 47 since the disaster. More than half of the pre-disaster population in Futaba District remains outside their hometowns, even though evacuation orders have been lifted in most areas.