Japan will release some of its huge stockpile of rice to help ease the global food crisis, sending some 20,000 tons to five African nations in coming weeks, a government official said Thursday.
The rice, less than 1 percent of Japan's 2.23 million surplus tons, is part of a $50 million emergency food aid plan to be endorsed by the Cabinet on Friday, said Shigeru Kondo, a Foreign Ministry aid official.
The total aid package _ which includes grains, beans and other foods in addition to rice _ will be disbursed in 12 countries, including Afghanistan, by international relief agencies such as the World Food Program.
Japan's decision to open up its rice …
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