Nepal Grows Japan's Cash CropāManages To Outsource Money Trees
In a stroke of international farming irony, Japan's legendary cash-producing plant, mitsumata, started keeling over, forcing the land of the yen to import its money tree substitute all the way from Nepalās Himalayan foothills. Enter argeli: once a sad consolation prize for farmers whose crops were mauled by wild animals, this low-value shrub was suddenly catapulted to VIP status as Japanās go-to cash paper source. With Nepal, one of Asiaās poorest countries, now the unlikely banker to Japanās wallets, its small villages are enjoying unexpected investmentāuntil Japan decides to go cashless and leaves Nepalās argeli economy like dial-up internet in a fiber-optic world.
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Nepalās villagers went from cash crop famine to growing Japanās money as literal shrubbery. When cash disappears, will 'argeli farmers' become Nepalās official victims of modern finance? Spoiler: Weāre all just terrible drivers of our own economic fates.
Turns out Japanās money tree isnāt a tree at all, but a needy little shrub from Nepal who thought it just wanted water, not a role in powering the worldās yen supply. Talk about a green business model gone wildly literal.
Japanās cash crop crisis solved by stealing Nepalās sad crop from wild animal casualties. Next up: importing endangered weeds because convenience beats logic every time.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/5/2025 | Author: Abby Narishkin,Dylan Barth
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