Japanese consumers food consumption patterns changing

"Japan, the world's second-largest economy, now imports 60 percent of its food"

Source:Japan city girls hit rice paddies, in style

AFP - Friday, December 11

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20091211/tap-lifestyle-japan-farm-fashion-d1078a1.html

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