Japanese farmers struggle as pandemic creates huge vegetable oversupply, tumbling prices

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Japanese farmers struggle as pandemic creates huge vegetable oversupply, tumbling prices
The Mainichi
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A mound of daikon radishes thrown out due to oversupply issues before they could be sent to market is seen at the Miura Biomass Center in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 10, 2020. (Mainichi/Kaho Kitayama)
MIURA, Kanagawa -- Japan's third wave of coronavirus infections has subdued traditional end-of-year activities, with eateries being called to reduce their operating hours and refrain from holding year-end parties.
With consumption down, prices for farm produce have tumbled due to oversupply, and the effects of the pandemic are being felt by those in the primary sector, too. To find out more, the Mainichi Shimbun went to one of Japan's foremost regions for daikon radish farming: the Miura Peninsula, located southeast of Tokyo.

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