Funds for the construction and maintenance of this home page: Scientific Research Foundation, Ministry of Education, Japan "World Production Potential and Marketing of Japonica Rice, II"(1998-2000, No. 10041073) Project Leader: Shoichi Ito, Ph.D. Universidad de Kyushu, Japan Data sources: Population: US Bureau of Census : International Data Base, August 2006 Commodities: US Department of Agriculture: PS&D Online, Nov. 2024(Monthly issue) Please send your comments to: s.ito.250@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp