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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050329/od_nm/madcow_japan_petition_dc" target="_new">I see</a> not everyone in Japan is afraid of US beef.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese fans of beef-and-rice bowl dishes have collected some 1.19 million signatures in a petition demanding that Japan lift a 15-month-old ban on U.S. beef, Kyodo news agency reported</blockquote><br />n<br />nWe keep getting a step closer to maybe opening up this important market to US beef. The article mentions that some "US lawmakers have said Washington should impose trade sanctions if the Japanese market is not re-opened soon." I disagree, it is getting closer to opening every day, just let things work themselves out.<br />n<br />n<b>Time flies like an arrow; the days and nights alternate as fast as a weaver's shuttle. Chinese proverb</b>