TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is...

TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 167,787 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close late on Thursday.

Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip on imports of the country's second-most important staple after rice, and buys majority of the grain for milling via tenders typically issued thrice a month.

Details are as follows (in tonnes):

 COUNTRY	  TYPE											QUANTITY	   
 U.S.		 Western White									   12,710  * 
 U.S.		 Hard Red Winter(Semi Hard)						  15,005  * 
																		   
 U.S.		 Western White									   24,575  * 
																		   
 U.S.		 Dark Northern Spring(14.0%)						 24,971   
																		   
 Canada	   Western Red Spring(13.5%)						   25,340  * 
 Canada	   Western Red Spring(13.5%)						   32,061  * 
 Australia	Standard White(West Australia)					  33,125  * 
	Shipment * Loading between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31, 2018 

Source: Ministry of Agriculture