1.   Any re-shipment of foreign rice overseas would likely counteract U.S. efforts to gain wider acceptance among Japanese consumers.

2.   --Force Japan and South Korea to end their bans on foreign rice.

3.   In trade, it has finally agreed to allow more foreign rice to reach Japanese tables.

4.   Twice in the last three years, short rainy seasons have turned swampy rice paddies into parched, dusty fields, forcing the government to bring in foreign rice.

5.   By importing cheaper foreign rice, South Korea could provide the North with a larger amount of food, Chung said.

6.   Calvert said the next step is lower prices and better market access for foreign rice.

7.   For their dinner tables, however, most Japanese tried to obtain domestic rather than foreign rice.

8.   For decades Japan banned all foreign rice, saying it wanted to be self-sufficient in its staple grain.

9.   Importing large stocks of foreign rice would increase supplies and, presumably, drive down the price.

10.   It will inflate prices of foreign rice and thus make it less attractive to Japanese consumers.