Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

It has come to light that in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture, about 60 farmed goats have been bitten by stray dogs in a string of incidents since the start of this year. Such cases were said to be rare in ordinary years, and goat farmers and city officials are increasingly worried that “people, including children, could be attacked next.” There have also been reports of dogs breaching a 3-meter-high fence to get in. On 5ch, users swapped firsthand accounts covering regional differences in how often stray dogs are spotted, the reality of hunting dogs being abandoned in the mountains and turning feral, and the risk of rabies — sparking a broader discussion about what’s driving the wild dog problem.

Published 9/2 (Wed) 8:21 AM

Okinawa Times

[Miyakojima] It has come to light that since the start of this year, Miyakojima City has seen incidents in which roughly 60 farmed goats were bitten by stray dogs. Such cases were said to be almost nonexistent in ordinary years, making this year’s numbers stand out sharply. Goat farmers and the city are growing increasingly concerned that “the damage to livestock could escalate to the point that people, including children, get attacked.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article was compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (News Express+) thread “[Okinawa] Stray Dogs Attack 60 Goats, Most Die — Miyakojima City Fears “Are People Next?” — Some Cases Involved Dogs Scaling a 3-Meter Fence.”

At its Food Council meeting on September 2, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented a draft revision to Japan’s basic rice policy guidelines, formally stating a plan to gradually buy back the 590,000 tons of government rice reserves released in 2025 under agriculture ministers Eto and Koizumi. This isn’t a literal repurchase of the exact rice that was released — instead, the government will procure an equivalent amount fresh from the market. On the forum, opinions split over the confusing “buyback” terminology, the use of no-bid contracts for procurement, and whether the “rice exodus” — consumers turning away from rice after prolonged high prices — is actually happening.

At its September 2 Food Council meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries presented a draft revision to the basic rice guidelines (the Basic Guidelines on Stabilizing Rice Supply, Demand, and Prices). Among its reserve-management policies, the draft formally states a plan to gradually buy back the 590,000 tons (brown rice basis) of government rice reserves sold off last year.

Source: jacom.or.jp / Original article here

7AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:39

If prices go up, the public suffers, and if prices come down, farmers suffer — this system is fundamentally broken… Japan just can't sustain rice farmers anymore at this rate. Just hurry up and scrap the tariffs on California rolls already.

10AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:40

Re: #7
California rolls look tasty, don't they 😋

61AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:58

Last year's rice —
Even at fire-sale prices under 2,000 yen, nobody's buying.
Piled up and unsold.

Seiyu (supermarket chain)



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64AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:59

Last year's Koshihikari (a premium rice variety) —
Even at fire-sale prices under 2,000 yen, nobody's buying.
Piled up and unsold.

Japan Meat (supermarket chain)

95AnonymousSep 2, 2026 17:16

Re: #64
Back in June last year there were reeeally long lines for this stuff though.

69AnonymousSep 2, 2026 17:00

New-crop rice at 1,780 yen


New-crop rice at 1,850 yen — Don Quijote (discount store)

76AnonymousSep 2, 2026 17:03

Re: #69
It's not necessarily 100% new-crop rice, you know.
Could be as little as 10% new rice mixed in.
This just proves it's better not to get involved with the rice industry at all.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Government Rice Reserves: Ministry Formalizes Plan to Buy Back 590,000 Tons.”

On September 2, 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report warning that global average temperatures will rise more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within just a few years, pushing disaster and health risks to crisis levels. Under current policies, the report projects roughly 2.6°C of warming by 2100; even if every country fully meets its Paris Agreement targets, warming would still reach about 1.8°C. On 5ch, threads split sharply between users citing Nepal’s landslides and Europe’s heat waves to stress the urgency, and others dismissing the findings as “within the margin of error” by pointing to climate swings in the Jomon and Edo periods. The debate also spilled into the gap between rising global averages and how hot or cool any given place actually feels.

On the 2nd, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published a report warning that global warming will push the worldwide average temperature rise — measured from before the 18th-century Industrial Revolution — past 1.5°C within a few years, raising disaster and health risks to crisis levels. The report states that minimizing the time spent above 1.5°C is key to limiting the damage.

The Paris Agreement, the international framework joined by roughly 190 countries and regions including Japan, marks ten years since taking effect this November and sets a goal of capping warming at 1.5°C. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “The world looks set to break the promise it made a decade ago. We need to move away from fossil fuels and expand renewable energy.”

According to the report, if current climate policies continue unchanged, the global average temperature will rise by about 2.6°C by 2100. Even if every country fully meets the emissions-reduction targets it set for itself under the Paris Agreement and reaches net-zero (balancing emissions against absorption by forests and other carbon sinks), warming is still projected to reach about 1.8°C — with the 1.5°C mark expected to be crossed within the next ten years.

Source: 47news.jp / Read the original article here

65AnonymousSep 2, 2026 14:08

It cycles between warm and cold every 100,000 years.

*This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “Global Temperatures at Crisis Levels Within Years — Over 1.5°C Since the Industrial Revolution.”