Global warming will cut rice yields in western Japan, gov't says
Global warming will seriously affect ecology and people's lives in Japan, reducing rice yields by 5 percent from current levels around 2050 in the western regions of Kinki and Shikoku, the Environment Ministry said Thursday. Damage from floods could swell by 1 trillion yen a year around 2030, the ministry said in a forecast conducted with 14 reseaGlobal warming will seriously affect ecology and people's lives in Japan, reducing rice yields by 5% from current levels around 2050 in the western regions of Kinki and Shikoku, the Environment Ministry said Thursday.