date:Jan 24, 2014
Japan's Ministry of Agriculturebought a total of 99,052 tonnes of food quality wheat from theUnited States in a regular tender that closed late on Thursday.
Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps atight grip on imports of the country's second most importantstaple after rice and buys the majority of the grain for millingvia tenders typically issued three times a month.