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Proof: Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-30T00:12:49Z","headline":"Japan veers from rice shortage to glut, dealing blow to farmers","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"japantimes","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/rice-glut-japan/","v":1}

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SHA-256

d832abf200ce0f8ccbb65c0a49d5b8c995e66d78f5d14c663d4e3e4f0c16a107

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-30 00:17 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-30 00:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-30 00:35 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d832abf200ce.json prints d832abf200ce0f8ccbb65c0a49d5b8c995e66d78f5d14c663d4e3e4f0c16a107. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d832abf200ce.json and headline-d832abf200ce.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-d832abf200ce.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.