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- The rice riots of 1993 were when Japan experienced a shortage of rice due to a record setting cold summer in 1993. Because of the commonly used phrase "Rice Riots of the Taisho Era" (referring to the Rice riots of 1918), this event is sometimes called the "Rice Riots of the Heisei Era", though no violent disturbances were involved.
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This event refers to the historically bad rice yield in Japan due to poor weather in 1993 and the resulting chaos that occurred in both food stores as well as global markets. This event was not only caused by the actual shortage of rice, but also the fact that consumers were concerned about it to the point where in some cases, rice disappeared ...
- Introduction↑
- Emerging Traditions and Practices of Protest, and State Responses↑
- Impacts of The War, Direct and Indirect↑
- Labor Movement and Labor Strikes↑
- Rice Riots↑
- Responses of State and Capital↑
Social protest surged in Japan during the final years of the First World War and in its immediate aftermath, including labor strikes, union organizing, and riots. These actions drew on older traditions of protest and older concepts of moral economy. They were also shaped by new ideas and practices – results of Japanese engagement with global trends...
In Japan as elsewhere, rich traditions of social protest pre-dated the advent of industrial capitalism. The most important actions in early modern Japan (the Tokugawa period, 1600–1868) were peasant protests, ranging from petitions and peaceful appeals, to violent actions such as the smashing of a rice merchant’s home and the distribution of his ri...
In contrast to the utter disaster it brought to Europe, World War I offered opportunities to Japan. It cut European traders off from Asian customers, giving a huge boost to Japan’s newly industrializing economy. Between 1914 and 1918, Japan’s industrial output rose from 1.4 billion to 6.8 billion yen. Exports surged; overseas sales of Japanese cott...
Japan’s labor movement changed dramatically from 1917 through 1919 in the realms of ideas and actions. Until this time, despite pressure from increasingly radical young activists such as Nosaka, the Yūaikai leaders disavowed strikes. They called for respect as members of the nation, or kokumin, rather than a separate class of workers. In a play wri...
The strike wave of 1917–19 was a sign of major social change, to be sure.But the most momentous social upheaval of this era, one which also inspired the labor movement toward greater militancy, were the protests that have come to be called the Rice Riots. They took place in the summer and fall of 1918, beginning in late July 1918 in a small fishing...
As noted in passing above, the response of the state to the rice riots was what Japanese idiom calls the “candy and whip” (ame to muchi) approach. The “candy” included large imperial and corporate donations to enable distribution of relief rice, as well as sale of rice at a discount to those judged needy by local officials. The “whip” ranged from s...
During the 1979 Rice Riots, state actors perpetrated human rights violations against civilians as they attempted to quell the instability. Government security forces reportedly perpetrated abuses such as killings, torture, and arbitrary detention of civilians. In addition, there were reports of Liberian forces taking part in looting alongside ...
The sad reality is that the price of rice, the progressive sought to have reduced remains a gold dust, forty one years later. How much did the riots of ’79 change Liberia? To what end did so many have to die?
Apr 26, 2017 · In 1993, Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell, two of the four officers in the King case, were found guilty of violating King's civil rights. They both served 30 months in prison and did not return to ...
This squeezed the people's livelihoods, and Rice Riots (Kome Sodo) broke out in Toyama in July 1918 (Taisho 7), and spread quickly among communities along the coast ringing Toyama Bay. When newspapers gave national exposure to the Toyama riots the following month, similar riots rapidly erupted around the country.
Jul 12, 2020 · This being the case, if abnormal weather hits again, as it did in 1993, the likelihood of rice riots will be heightened. If a rice riot should occur in the future, agricultural policy will be significantly impacted, as past agricultural history shows.
