“If we eat hamburgers for a thousand years, we will become blond. And when we become blond we can conquer the world.” Since its inception as a civilization stylized as “Nippon” with a penchant for violently backwards feudalistic practices, Japan had the most peculiar unusual relationship with meat, perhaps the…

Japanese foodstuffs face high hurdle for Olympics Japan faces a new hurdle for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games over whether it is possible to obtain…www.asiaone.com Japanese foodstuffs face high hurdle for Olympics Asiaone Nov 2, 2015 https://www.asiaone.com/japanese-foodstuffs-face-high-hurdle-olympics-0 Japan faces a new hurdle for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games over whether it is possible to obtain international certificates for foodstuffs and wood to be used at the Games.

Fukushima today: "I'm glad that I realized my mistake before I died." - Bulletin of the Atomic… Japan will be lighting the Olympic torch for what officals are calling the "Recovery Olympics." But considering the…thebulletin.org Fukushima today: “I’m glad that I realized my mistake before I died.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists March 10, 2021 https://thebulletin.org/2021/03/fukushima-today-im-glad-that-i-realized-my-mistake-before-i-died/

Problem solved: How to open a Japanese convenience store onigiri rice ball【Pics and video】 When we saw an international Olympic journalist's plea for help with one of Japan's greatest foods, we knew this was a…soranews24.com Problem solved: How to open a Japanese convenience store onigiri rice ball 【Pics and video】 Soranews24 https://soranews24.com/2021/07/29/problem-solved-how-to-open-a-japanese-convenience-store-onigiri-rice-ball%E3%80%90pics-and-video%E3%80%91/

— Korean gimbap rolls (everything cooked, no raw) Utilizing Korean influences seems to be a way to generate appeal to cash in on latest global popularity trends riding along the Korean Wave. It seems like Korean style 김밥 gimbap with veggies inside is now being passed off as Japanese style…

— Korean style pajeon 파전 scallion pancakes with seafood Here is a story about another Korean dish being offered as Japanese. Toss a few bonito flakes on top of pajeon, squirt some MSG ajinomoto kewpie sauce, then it becomes a Japanese, just as serving miso soup with a hamburger turns…

Why Fukushima Was Preventable Public sentiment in many states has turned against nuclear energy following the March 2011 accident at Japan's…carnegieendowment.org Why Fukushima Was Preventable Carnegie Endowment for International Peace https://carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/06/why-fukushima-was-preventable-pub-47361

The washoku myth was UNESCO registered in 2013. Then suddenly in 2013, Japan commenced importing live horses to eat raw horsemeat as part of washoku. France and Canada were ready to supply. Starting in 2013, up to 40,000 live horses have been crammed live in crates without water…

“Wa-shoku” was invented as a term at the same time as “yo-shoku” was being incorporated into Meiji Japan society reboot. “Yoshoku” and “washoku” were terms developed under Meiji era when the Meiji “restoration” pre-text usurpers destroyed the Tokugawa Shogunate and sought to replace embarrasing Tokugawa era Japanese culture with reinvented…