Why a joke about rice cost a Japan cabinet minister his job | The World | ABC NEWS

A Japanese minister has lost his job after making a joke about rice. It's no laughing matter in Japan, where prices have been skyrocketing amid a cost of living crisis. Amelia Costigan reports on why rice is in short supply in Japan, and Kanda University international studies senior lecturer Jeff Hall has joined The World from Tokyo to explain why the rice crisis is bad news for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's embattled government.

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