Where did all Japan's rice go?ーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS (youtube.com)
Heat and lack of sunshine reduced crops, Ukraine pushed up wheat price making rice more cost effective and driving up demand. Earthquake advisory and typhoons caused stockpiling.
Small town in Japan population 6000 now 4000. With smaller population everything is less convenient, because there aren't workers, there isn't economy of scale, business owners are facing reduced and reducing income, and workers tf.
It's funny, because this is exactly what government should be able to do, to organize people to make a plan and work together, rearrange labor and industries and businesses, but since there currently doesn't seem to be any responsible and capable governments anywhere, we don't see this happening. Governments are also not able to implement organization plans because laws in most countries don't protect local people against outsiders seizing opportunities and taking advantage, so if a town decides to reorganize and limit/stimulate labors and products, the town can't protect those people and prevent outsiders from coming in and ruining this to their own corporate advantage.