Japan's food self-sufficiency rate has fallen to a historic low.

On the 7th, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that, for the fiscal year 2025, Japan's food self-sufficiency rate, calculated in terms of calories, will decline by 1 percentage point to 37%, reaching a historical low. Japan's food self-sufficiency rate refers to the proportion of food produced domestically out of the total food supply in the country. The data shows that in fiscal year 2025, the daily per capita food consumption in Japan will be 2,237 kilocalories, of which 830 kilocalories will come from domestic food sources. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries stated that the decrease in rice consumption is a significant reason for the decline in the food self-sufficiency rate. Japan's rice consumption has long relied primarily on domestic supply, which is a crucial support for the country's food self-sufficiency rate. The rise in rice prices has led to a reduction in consumer rice consumption, consequently decreasing the caloric contribution from domestic rice, significantly pulling down Japan's overall food self-sufficiency rate.