Where else on earth do ‘reputable’ NEWS stations edit in melodramatic music to their news reports and add deep voiced narrators. It all adds up to entertainment. It sure brings a lot of drama to those car accidents. I would imagine the same goes with Gyoza.

I’d rather live a life of ignorance than live one of fear. I’m sure most of what we eat is bad for us, but we’ve still got to eat something. Anyway, the gyoza I ate did not come from the scandal-hit JT Foods, and I don’t regret eating (and enjoying) it.

My brother-in-law works for the largest manufacturer of food addatives in Japan as a research engineer (food addatives being emulsifiers, Preservatives, Acidulants etc). It just so happens that they have two plants in China. They’ve been there for just under 5 years and having doubts about the viability of continuing… Tainted Gyoza is just the tip of the iceberg… Blatant use of chemicals and processes banned in most countries in the world and creation and use of product that would fail tests regularly is just the beginning. If the public know half of what they were consuming, there would be riots. The government will say little to nothing as these large corporations (such as the one that employs my brother-in-law) have invested large sums of cash (yay Amakudari!) to keep them quite. Remember Japan still that system of institutionalised “ignorance of conflict of interest”.

Your video reminds me of a propaganda film produced in the 50s where a U.S. congressman literally eats a chunk of radioactive waste to prove that it’s harmless. Apparently he died within the decade (I’ve gotta find a copy of that film).

All in the name of cash.

Ah yeah, the quote is from you Thank you!

Best

“You know I kind of feel like China is the new Japan. … Congratulations China, everyone hates you!” Thank you for let me know this! I love China!

And dear Nick, thank you for your awesome post and video!

I came to Tokyo without any hate or opinion on Japan and Japanese. I came here with respect. But during these three years I’ve bored enough! Thank god I’ll graduate next week and I’ll go home and never look back.

Next time you come to Shanghai, you’ll all be my guest!

Thank you!

You know I kind of feel like China is the new Japan. Back in the eighties when car manufacturers from Japan were taking over the American market there was a ton of Japan bashing… Now that country is China. Congratulations China, everyone hates you!