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Yubaru
Now if he had pitched scallops from Fukushima I am sure the crowd would have been all lit up about it!
Elvis is here
That looks like a very bizarre meal!
Yubaru
Are you referring to the Japanese High School dancers who are performing on the stage before the actual meal has started?
Otherwise, what meal are you talking about, I only see one picture?
shogun36
ok , we got the free labor entertainment? Check.
make sure we send in some of them Johnnys we have. You know the ones already on the payroll to keep their mouths shut.
we’ll call that “690 million yen” added to the budget.
and then get some of them slightly contaminated scallops. No, not the obviously unhealthy ones, the ones that are just slightly irregular.
yeah, we’ll use those for the dinner.
add in another “690 million” to the budget.
oh what the heck, top the other 10 million on each bill and put it in my folder.
thanks, Tanaka.
Aly Rustom
Sounds to me like Kishi kun is getting desperate.
sakurasuki
Asked ASEAN leader so ASEAN people change their diet to support Japan?
Mark
Mr. Kishida and his allies are looking for a fight with anyone, LOL
Moonraker
Flogging scallops may be Kishida's new job in a short while as he finally reaches his level.
deanzaZZR
So Kishida didn't even mention China is his little sales speech. JT, it's getting kinda creepy, this obsession.
StoneDog
Good Job. Love Scallops!
OssanAmerica
That would be tough since nearly all of Japan's scallops come from Hokkaido and Aomori.
StoneDog
People in Asean eat seafood. In fact, they have some great seafood dishes. Chili crab, ikan bakar, just to name two. Education in the west. What a scallop.
Aly Rustom
So are you saying you love Western education? Good for you !
yoshisan88
Japanese scallops are delicious. However, their prices are high. Not everyone can afford to eat them.
zibala
Explains the anti-Israel stance.
Aly Rustom
Wholesale slaughter of innocent people is the reason for this stance
Elvis is here
Hotate Elvis
Fry till golden chopped garlic in olive oil
Dry scallops with kitchen paper. season lightly with salt. Shear both sides in the oil and garlic.
Serve with a green salad and chilled white wine.
Merry Christmas!
isabelle
Countries often don't mention other countries by name. It's called diplomacy. Even China often refers to "certain countries," rather than saying the US, even when the US is unquestionably the target.
That is the case here, with China's 100% political seafood ban.
Moonraker
Kishida fans out in force today. Didn't realise he was so popular. All the polls seem to suggest otherwise. What is it about him?
Aly Rustom
All my coworkers and also my wife hate him. My wife even said he was worse than Abe and I was like, "Look, he's bad, but NO ONE is worse than Abe."
deanzaZZR
My wife and I will take a trip to Hokkaido starting Friday. I'm sure to eat a good share of fresh Hokkaido scallops. Sorry folks in Indonesia, Philippines and Laos, fewer for you!
The Chinese seafood ban is certainly political. Being 100% on Anti-China Team USA has consequences.
isabelle
I think his "popularity" comes down to: 1) he's not Abe 2) he's far preferable to possible alternatives like the insane, dangerous Takaichi.
That is, he's "less bad" than the others.
Yubaru
Sorry, it's seems the sarcasm flew right over your head. My bad!
Peter14
Japan does produce very impressive scallops. If China doesnt want them, send more to Australia. I will happily buy discounted Japanese scallops!
Aly Rustom
I agree completely. I think he's a corrupt scumbag who doesn't care about the people. BUT like you said, he is less dangerous than Abe or Takaichi and STILL just slightly more competent than Suga, who should have stayed on his strawberry farm in Tochigi.
OssanAmerica
Not an example of "sarcasm" at all. Yup, your bad.
Moonraker
Perhaps, isabelle. But maybe you credit the downvoters here with rational motives.
Pacificpilot
Japanese Scallops still $26/lb in the U.S. Go fiiggah.
GillislowTier
I’d eat it sure, but all the desperation around this would definitely make me not.
wallace
Never see them in our stores.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Ah, I guess the caption says they are high schoolers. Still, pretty tame stuff and dress.
Redemption
Thankfully I have a scallops allergy.
elephant200
I wish all if them good health !
ian
Still expensive?
So price and demand don't correlate as usual anymore?
ian
Odd.
I'm thankful I don't have allergy
diagonalslip
pleased to see they could take a few moments out from stressing about China..... LOL
elephant200
Sell your fishery products to ASEAN countries, they will like those food very much. For the Chinese they consider Japan in a daring attempt to poison them, a conspiracy and an imminent danger.
Good health everyone, you take your own risk or luck!
isabelle
By "the Chinese," are you referring to every single one of over a billion people? If so, that's quite a claim. Some might even say it's total nonsense.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3237208/chinese-tourists-japan-enjoy-eating-sushi-despite-beijings-seafood-import-ban-over-fukushima-water
deanzaZZR
@isabelle Are you suggesting with this link that Chinese tourists in Japan are all eating seafood from Fukushima while traveling in Japan? I find that far fetched but you are prone to toss out the random link to "prove" your point.
isabelle
No, of course I'm not suggesting they're "all eating seafood from Fukushima." You've just made that position up and ascribed it to me. Your response is a straw man, and therefore invalid:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
My link was to prove that your statement is false.
sf2k
fish contain all kinds of Chinese toxins.
Have a Japanese sweet potato instead
deanzaZZR
@isabelle You always seem to escalate, so what's the point to discuss anything with you directly? Seafood labels in China do not indicate prefectural origin only county of origin (Japan in this case). That is my point.
Gene Hennigh
Scallops are one of my favorite foods. It is expensive so I don't eat it every day, but I would eat it more frequently if it cost less.
As to Fukushima, I would eat them if they came from there, but most do not so I'm good with eating Japanese scallops. Gotta save 2 or 3 times a year to have them to eat, but that's the case with many foods, not just scallops.
TokyoLiving
Kishi Kun wants to make life miserable for China, but at the same time he wants China to buy his products... Pathetic..
Being an enemy of the US is bad, but being a lapdog of the US is catastrophically much worse..
TaiwanIsNotChina
Your first statement has literally nothing to do with the second, unless you are acknowledging that China is a sanctioning country.