This picture taken on July 18, 2025 shows a rice mill shop owner (2nd R) tending to a customer in Tokyo. Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and half years, officials said June 19, 2026, following sharp rises for the staple that put the government under huge pressure. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

This picture taken on on April 24, 2026 shows bags of rice on display for sale outside a store in Tokyo. Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and half years, officials said June 19, 2026, following sharp rises for the staple that put the government under huge pressure. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This picture taken on June 4, 2025 shows a farmer loading new trays of seedings while using a transplanter to plant rice at a farm in the town of Sanjo, Niigata prefecture in northern Japan. Rice prices in Japan finally fell in May for the first time in three and half years, officials said June 19, 2026, following sharp rises for the staple that put the government under huge pressure. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman watches a televised speech by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero presenting to Cuba's National Assembly a package of 176 pro-market reforms aimed at addressing the country's severe economic crisis, in Havana on June 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman watches a televised speech by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel during the third Extraordinary Session of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

People watch a televised speech by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel during the third Extraordinary Session of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman watches a televised speech by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel at home in Havana, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

High-rise buildings are pictured in Ulaanbaatar on June 18, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP via Getty Images)