Farmers Plant Rice In Paddy Fields In the End of Season

SAYO, JAPAN - MAY 31: 80-years-old Japanese woman Tomeko Touka plants rice seedlings in a paddy field on May 31, 2014 in Sayo, Japan. Japan is the world's 10th biggest rice grower with around 7.75 million tons of production in the 2012-2013 marketing year. On May 28, five U.S. agricultural groups including the USA Rice Federation urged the U.S. government to conclude the ambitious 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal negotiations without Japan, if Japan keeps tariffs on rice and four other key agricultural products. Japanese Trans Pacific Partnership Minister Akira Amari had expressed during negotiation in Singapore in May, that it was Japan's intention not drop all tariffs on wheat, rice, dairy, sugar, beef and pork . (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)