Sunday May 27, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

While European countries impose prefecture-by-prefecture restrictions, Egypt bans Japanese food imports all together.

Quote of the Day Sep. 30, 2011 - 05:40AM JST ( 10 )

An official at the Japanese embassy in Cairo (Jiji Press)

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10 Comments

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FoxieSep. 30, 2011 - 10:49AM JST

Would love to see that list from Europe. I only know about a Shizuoka green tea ban.
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GurukunSep. 30, 2011 - 01:05PM JST

Because of the Fukushima Crisis? Or just because?
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KronosSep. 30, 2011 - 02:34PM JST

Egypt is practical.
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tmarieSep. 30, 2011 - 05:23PM JST

Kind of the same thing Japan did with American beef, right? Kind of like many Japanese people's reaction to Chinese food after the gyoza thing, right? Wah, wah, wah Japan!
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some14someSep. 30, 2011 - 06:11PM JST

@tmarie, agreed. tried to press 'Good' but click didn't work...system glitch or...under moderator's control?
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JapanGalSep. 30, 2011 - 06:44PM JST

I gave tmarie and some14 a thumbs up. I am still surprised at how little American beef available here.

What foods would Egyptians eat from Japan? Natto?
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JapanGalSep. 30, 2011 - 06:45PM JST

Egypt is a Muslim country, so I am sure hardly any would ever come here as there is pork in everything. Friday...Shabat Shalom. Most Muslims I know are as Kosher as most Jews I know. Does not matter much any more.

I would still like to see a list of what they used to import.
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Johannes WeberSep. 30, 2011 - 06:48PM JST

Well, it is far easier to put out a more general restriction than having to double-check everything. Japanese authorities did not show much motivation to implement strict controls even inside of Japan. I guess the bans don't matter very much in the current situation.

There is probably very little demand for Japanese products in Europe or Egypt. There are better things to do than bother with ridiculously high yen exchange rates or possible contamination of Japanese products. Like political uprisings and fundamental reforms of society or just saving the world's economy from collapse.
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zichiSep. 30, 2011 - 07:07PM JST

The European Union will prolong for three months the measures on imports of food and feed from Japan originally adopted on March 24 after the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The measures will be applicable until December 31 and they will continue to be reviewed every month.

The measures will continue to apply to all feed and food originating in or consigned from 12 prefectures of Japan. In particular, all food and feed products coming from these 12 prefectures have to be tested for the presence of iodine-131, caesium-134 and caesium-137 before leaving Japan.

Feed and food products from the remaining 35 Japanese prefectures will have to be accompanied by a declaration stating the prefecture of origin.

The 12 prefectures are:-

Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba
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zichiSep. 30, 2011 - 07:23PM JST

Japanese food in Britain is always in demand. There are more than 30,000 Japanese living in London alone. There are more living near the Japanese car plants. Along with miso, there are also Japanese golf clubs and Japanese hotels and even some clubs.