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Japan PM Has "Banned" US Beef For Lunch With Bush
AlertNet ^ | 6/9/04 | Reuters

Posted on 06/09/2004 5:49:31 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

SAVANNAH, Ga., June 8 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, showing he himself had no qualms about U.S. beef -- banned in Japan due to concerns over mad cow disease -- ate beef tenderloin when he lunched with President George W. Bush on Tuesday.

"The beef was delicious. And the prime minister ate it too," said a senior Japanese official who accompanied Koizumi to the lunch at the Georgia resort of Sea Island ahead of the Group of Eight nations summit.

Tokyo, who was the biggest foreign buyer of U.S. beef, imposed a ban on U.S. beef imports after the first case of mad cow disease was found in the United States in December. The move has also hit the Japanese, for example causing a popular dish of rice topped with beef and onions to disappear from the menus of many Japanese restaurants.

Tokyo and Washington had been in a deadlock over testing U.S. cattle for mad cow disease, but in a move likely to ease the agony of the "beef bowl" lovers, officials from the two countries have set up a working group aimed at resuming Japan's imports of U.S. beef.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beef; georgewbush; itswhatsfordinner; japan

1 posted on 06/09/2004 5:49:33 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

This is perhaps the start of a good move for our ranchers.


2 posted on 06/09/2004 5:53:33 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

You have no idea how the lack of Yoshinoya Gyu-don is killing single businessmen. That bowl of beef and rice is their life, more loved than even the Big Mac in America, and it's American beef. They were considering using Australian beef for it and found that the meat doesnt taste as good, so they've been using pork as a substitute. It's amusing that they havent mentioned that beef is Americas #1 export to Japan.


3 posted on 06/09/2004 6:01:30 AM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: struggle

What ? No soba noodles ?


4 posted on 06/09/2004 6:09:52 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (STAGMIRE !)
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To: struggle
It's amusing that they havent mentioned that beef is Americas #1 export to Japan.

I had no idea - fascinating - particularly since they are known for Kobe - I had just assumed they were not big importers.

5 posted on 06/09/2004 6:10:36 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Revelation 911

Is Kobe innocent or guilty?


6 posted on 06/09/2004 6:14:10 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Everything that really matters I learned from a song when I was 3. Jesus Loves Me!)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I bet it was great! I am gettin hungry just thinking about it.... sigh, well I better go toss my frozen diner in the microwave. :-(


7 posted on 06/09/2004 8:00:54 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: Revelation 911

Yeah, maybe you didnt know this, but for a 8oz. slice of Kobe beef IN KOBE, it costs over 50$ or more.


8 posted on 06/12/2004 7:20:31 AM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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