Category: japan
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So Full Of S**t He Stinks
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/29/news/local/40-japan.txt">Consul: Japan beef deal near</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese and U.S. officials are in the final stages of negotiating an end to a ban on American beef imports to Japan, the Japanese consul general in Seattle said Friday.<br />n<br />n"I can't say when, but it's only a matter of time," Kazuo Tanaka said during a visit…
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Japan And Beef
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042100314.html">Japan consumers voice US beef worries at meeting</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese consumers voiced concerns about a U.S. inspection system for mad cow disease at a meeting in Tokyo on Friday sponsored by the government to discuss a resumption of U.S. beef imports.<br />n<br />nIt was one of 10 meetings on the issue across the nation…
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Interesting Development
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041700179.html">Japan awaits <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> test result on 20-month-old steer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan is conducting tests on a 20-month-old steer suspected of having mad cow disease, a top government official said on Monday, and the case could have wide repercussions on Tokyo's beef trade policy if confirmed.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, is there something to this…
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Japan to Open Beef Market?
I find this interesting piece out of Australia this morning but I can find no verification anywhere else on what it says.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1605659.htm">US reaches agreement with Japan to reopen beef market</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>US Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>) officials says…
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What’s the Surprise
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_BEEF_BATTLE?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Japanese shun U.S. beef, eat Australian</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Kenji Miyoda, savoring a bowl of rice topped with beef from Australia, raw egg and spicy sauce, believes Australian beef is far safer than American beef.<br />n<br />n"It tastes OK, it's cheap, and it fills me up," the 27-year-old banker said gobbling down his 450 yen ($4)…
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It Was Expected
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=24356">S Korea Still Has Concerns About Mad Cow In US</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea still has outstanding concerns about the latest case of mad-cow disease found in the U.S. and that may be delaying the process to resume beef trade, U.S. industry and government officials said Monday.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea is concerned about the age…
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Assurance
How do we assure South Korea and Japan we take <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> seriously and want to ship out beef products to their country? At the same time we announce a <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> case in the US, we also announce that we are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/14/news/state/31-madcow.txt">cutting back on <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> testing</a>.…
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Unfair Trade Practices
<a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060312TDY01004.htm"> Bush's beef remarks show rising U.S. ire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. President George W. Bush voiced high expectation Friday of Japan's early resumption of U.S. beef imports in a speech at a conference of media company managers that showed signs of Washington's increasing irritation over the issue.<br />n<br />nJapan reimposed the ban in January after…
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Japan Unsure
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600142.html">Japan says unclear if U.S. beef actions would work</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan's vice farm minister said on Monday it is unclear if actions proposed by Washington would help prevent shipments of banned U.S. beef to Japan.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMore stonewalling from Japan on the beef issue. Not surprising but it would be nice to get this…
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Japan Demands More Yet Again
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=afdYlqd4GdPc&refer=japan">Japan Needs More Assurances Before Resuming U.S. Beef Imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan needs more assurances over the safety of U.S. cattle before resuming beef imports, government officials said.<br />n<br />nThe government is still studying a U.S. report released last week over how banned cattle parts were shipped to Japan in January, and there are likely…