Rice riots of 1993
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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.
The record cold summer seems to have been caused by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991. Summer temperatures were 2–3 degrees Celsius lower than average.