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Japanese firms send canned fish to kids in developing countries in gratitude for 2011 aid

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Great.

A fish in Swahili language is called Samaki.Some people pronounce it Sumiaki.

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So, why are the Japanese not exporting fish from the Japan Sea or Hokkaido to these poor nations?

Are fish from the North East of Japan not wanted in Japan?

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A fish in Swahili language is called Samaki

A fish in Arabic is called Samaka, and the plural is Samak.

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So, why are the Japanese not exporting fish from the Japan Sea or Hokkaido to these poor nations?

Are fish from the North East of Japan not wanted in Japan?

Good question. Radiation fears maybe?

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Kurisupisu,you're "roughing" some feathers...

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A fish in Arabic is called Samaka, and the plural is Samak.

Interesting.

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A class act by a classy nation.

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Well done. Nice to read positive news of giving and generosity. More please JT.

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"I have learned that international aid is not just one-way...."

It has NEVER been one way and the givers take ten times more from the recipients.

A fish in Swahili language is called Samaki.Some people pronounce it Sumiaki.

I am a Kiswahili ( Prefix "Ki " denotes language ) speaker. Kiswahili heavily borrows from Arabic having been formed when Arab traders interacted with indigenous peoples of the Coast of East Africa, especially Kenya and Tanzania. Fish is Samak in Arabic and Samaki in Kiswahili.

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@Ken

Well, the article is one sided.

Children living in Fukushima have to be tested for radiation and early onset cancers, for the rest of their lives.

Radioactive soil is bagged and transported out of sight to some mountain where is will be left and the contamination will find its way back into the environment.

How anyone could recommend eating sea food from the coast of Fukushima with an ongoing outflow of radioactivity 24//7 has to be woefully misinformed.

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Only 10 years of radiation spewing continually, uncontrollably into that area of sea, and can it and give to people with poor healthcare systems.

If South Korea has banned it, then maybe...

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"I have learned that international aid is not just one-way...."

Ummm... except when it's South Korea that was the second biggest donator and country that gave relief. Seems to have been one-way then. Also, I'm curious to see what sales from this guy's company are like domestically. I mean, most fish products from that area are no longer labelled as being from that area because they won't sell.

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