Yes, but would you hit the corn? :P
That said, the Japanese are likely buying the corn for animal feed. Corn *is* liked as a food by the Japanese, HFCS isn’t so much of a thing for them - but the major Japanese use of corn is to feed their livestock: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/9613-japan-corn-imports-to-remain-high
Here too. There is a difference in field corn used as feed, and sweet corn intended for humans.
That said though my brother-in-law is a wannabe hill billy. He thinks it's southern, (hence - COOL,) to eat field corn.
Corn stores. Keep Iowa happy, you keep the Corn Belt happy, and then you can focus campaign money on WI, MI, PA.