Former Prime Minister Taro Aso says that he believes global warming has improved the quality of rice in Japan. On Monday, while giving a speech in the Hokkaido city of Otaru for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate, Aso stated that the rice on the island of Hokkaido "has become tastier thanks to (global) warming." Aso also said that the rice "used to be unsalable" but is now tastier and even expor