Japan, self-sufficient in rice, may export 200,000 tons it imported under a World Trade Organization agreement, easing a global shortage, the government said Monday.
The country may ship the rice to the Philippines following a request from Manila, Vice Agriculture Minister Toshirou Shirasu said.
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