日媒：日本新米交易价格创历史新高

Group 1 - The core point of the article is that Japan's new rice trading price has reached a historical high, with the average price for all varieties of new rice at 37,058 yen per 60 kilograms, an increase of 163 yen from September [1] - The rise in rice prices is attributed to extreme high temperatures leading to poor harvests and a warning of increased earthquake risk in the eastern Pacific, which caused panic buying and a temporary rice shortage [2] - Although the new rice has been released, alleviating some of the rice shortage, prices remain high [2]