Living in Hawaii my perspective on rice is: Government tells everyone the big quake is coming in a few days, then a week later wonders where all the rice went.
What I find interesting and hardly surprising is that only a month ago, along with news about low rice harvest, there was an article in about rice exports hitting record high.. Then a week later the government announced it's first ever mega-quake warning.. I remember when I was still in the UK, any time there was worry/panic about something, all the toilet rolls were bought.. 😂 So perhaps allowing such a record high export of rice, combined with the first ever mega-quake warning has contributed more to this rice shortage than foreign tourists.. I AM foreign, but not a tourist as I live here.. So I can't say for sure, but I'm quite certain that tourists don't buy that much rice to be honest. Most tourists are staying in hotels and eating at restaurants.. Most restaurants have deliveries of rice.. The empty shelves in the local supermarket are probably not empty as a result of foreign tourists. The government here, rightly or wrongly wants more tourism. So they need to facilitate that, and not be so quick to allow blame to fall on those very tourists.
you know when covid hit ? i work in a warehouse and we never lacked toilet paper for the stores but people was buying it so much we could not ship it fast enough. for the rice i believe its not true about lack of rice and if so maybe they could import it from somewhere else ???
There could be a typhoon in Japan that injures 20 people and the media outlets there would still find a way to say the foreign tourists had something to do with it
Jaywalking is not illegal everywhere. It depends on where you are. It is left over from when cars first entered the road. Living and working in NYC for many years, I feel comfortable knowing when and when not to cross, but in other cities I’ll usually wait for the light.
I still enjoy rewatching old abroad in Japan videos. Based off what Chris was saying near the end there, I’m curious if he would ever consider a remastered version of his older videos. Is that a thing you can do? He clearly has different ideas for the audio quality and who knows what else now
Being like the cop from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle when jaywalking in the middle of the night. Most foreign tourists stay in hotels. They don't have a residential kitchen to cook rice.
We need another picture where emperor Naruhito is having a bag of rice under each hand and is running away from a horde of tourists. Hell, we can even add Trump with cats that is running away from a horde of haitians.
It seems like the Rice shortage is getting better. Supermarkets around me have had a lot of rice on their shelves lately but prices are still elevated...
Is there no imported rice in Japan? Vietnam and Thailand are two of the biggest rice exporters, but I think they mostly (or maybe completely) produce Jasmine rice. But I assume there are other countries that produce Japanese-style short grain rice.
@@fattiger6957 I saw a few brands of imported rice on the shelves but it is not usually sold much in Japan. It was also even pricier than the Japanese rice.
I was visiting japan when that article came out. I barely ate rice during my visit, not even half my meals involved rice. I think it's because people hoarded rice during the possible mega quake and the typhoons.
I think it is mostly due to just a bad crop yield because of the weather. Food shortages almost always come because either the weather or logistical issues.
@@fattiger6957 Not really. This sort of thing can generally be anticipated by the richer economies. When Europe has bad wheat harvests due to the weather, there is never a shortage of bread, just price increases. The only people who experience those shortages live in poor countries, because they get priced out of the market. But short-term increased demand, like a hoarding spree, is something the highly optimized delivery chains these days cannot easily absorb, especially since it generally self-accelerates (when people notice a product becoming rare, they try to stock up on it).
Jaywalking is a cultural thing. In Australia crosswalks with zebra markings give pedestrians the right of way. We discovered the hard way that in Japan this is not the case. In Kanazawa we encountered a zebra crossing and there was no clearly visible green man. Half way across the road much to our horror we discovered that we had made a mistake that it was a traffic light controlled crossing. A local held up her arms in a cross to show her displeasure at our stupidity. The green man was there, but it was on a pole on the crossing on the other part of the intersection.
It might have been jelly fish season when Pete came across the 3 empty beaches. Going to the beach in Japan when the jelly fish are out is a bit like crossing the road when the red man is lit (there may even be a law against it).
When I was in Japan I noticed this straight away. But what I found was that if I saw it was obviously clear and crossed at the red man, then all the other Japanese people around would follow suit. It's not that they don't want to do it but rather they're just afraid to take that first step out of line.
The same thing happened to me to . At the next light the same people were looking at me to see if I would go again . I didn’t know at that point you shouldn’t do that .
saw someone else say that jaywalking is a leftover thing from when cars entered the scene, which is mostly true but it actually happened because of car companies, roads used to be mostly for pedestrians walking around and cars had to basically just deal with it, which lead to alot of accidents of course but also since the car companies wanted people to buy cars they started promoting that "roads are for cars" and the term "jay-walking" was started, jay used to be a slang term for someone stupid, so only stupid people walked in the road basically, and thats how that became a thing.
Japan's Diet ( all Puns Intended since we're talking about Rice here ) has had an agreement with California to purchase and import Rice since the Early 90's sometime whenever such becomes necessary for anyone who doesn't know.
Hello Chris bread and patte Pete, I wanted to ask this question last episode when you were on the topic of religion but thought I might have a better chance commenting on the most recent video. As a Muslim how are the praying facilities in Japan and is halal food easy to come by? Thank you for all of the amazing content keep up the good work
@@xxDxxismPretty sure they mean the guy who licked the soy sauce bottles about a year ago. The story went mega viral. In podcast #21 they reported on that
Looking at the title I was thinking about having a T-Shirt with who ate all the rice on it with a picture a cartoon character eating a rice bowl fast lmao
I was watching Sora the Troll talking about the rice shortage and denying that it’s the tourists, but a lot of his fans love blaming the US for everything.
I just realized that Chris has a subliminal message in the background, the way it scrolls "Like a MAGIC" slowly, so you see the "Like" and remember to Like the video
Granted, I am buying koshihikari rice here from my one and only local japanese store, but its so expensive for a sack of it (slightly above 50 usd) that i hardly think we're causing issues
The light is nicely diffused, creating the impression of an uncovered window in the distance. While I might have expected something more consistent with the set lighting, it emphasizes the foreground without being distracting, and the red light enhances the overall effect.
According to media reports at the time, Kyoto City was on the verge of bankruptcy because of the lack of tourists during Covid - I’m sure that many other places that are popular with tourists were similarly economically strained, particularly those who invested heavily in expectation of a tourist boom during the Tokyo Olympics. You would think they would be happy to see lots of high spending visitors to the country.
Tourism is helpful to the Japanese economy, but it won't get it back to the glory days. There is no 1st world nation that has a tourism-dependent economy.
@@fattiger6957 I know a lot of hotels and other touristic facilities that spent a lot of money (presumably borrowed) upgrading and expanding their infrastructure in anticipation of a tourist bonanza in 2020 that never came for obvious reasons. They must be delighted to have such huge demand so they can start getting their businesses back on an even keel.
@@fattiger6957 you've never been to Santa cruz then. This town is so old and white it fears change of any kind, and we don't even have the excuse of Bushido interfering with our politics. California should be ashamed. Also Japan is famous for being THE nation of tourists. So much so, that when they go to Paris and get Paris Syndrome, there is actually a division of the embassy that deals with their disappointment.
Does Japan not import rice? Though they produce Jasmine rice (the king of rice), Vietnam and Thailand are two of the biggest rice producers in the world and they aren't that far from Japan. I feel like other countries could produce Japanese short grain rice.
The Vietnamese have a totally different culture regarding jaywalking, in that you cant NOT jaywalk because there is no like, pedestrian crossing lights or anything like that, for the most part. Thats so sad
My Japanese Karate trainer once had an accident somewhere in South Asia. He didn't think about that in that country the car's drive on the other side of the road. Maybe the same with that Vietnamese guy...
The Japanese media blames both tourists and restaurants for the rice shortage. By restaurants, I assume they mean the ones with mostly Japanese customers. They say that restaurants serve too much rice, and that much of it goes uneaten. I would think that if the cost of rice was up that restaurants would simply provide smaller portions to cut costs.
At least when it comes to America, they are very good at airing their dirty laundry to the world. If a Japanese person's only idea of America comes from the American media, I don't blame them for being wary of American people.
I know it's probably controversial, but can't they import the rice they need from elsewhere? The US? Thailand? I know it's going to be looked at as "tourist rice", but surely that's better than no rice. It's probably just an attempt to increase the price of rice a bit so that the farmers (or most likely the middlemen) can get some more money out of the consumers.
@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas Huh, as far as I've managed to look up, they import 4% of the consumed rice - most imported rice is used for alcohol and such instead of eating it. Then it shouldn't be a big deal if they really wanted more rice. It's probably more a problem with the politicians rather than with the tourists.
@@MrMBinder that is what I was getting at sort of. And politicians aren't the one importing rice. The companies that package the rice for sale and consumption. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) All Rice Price Index rose by 2.8%. Which is the highest since 2011. And with how the weather has been that can affect the rice price. Bad weather will decrease what is produced. And what is grown outside of Japan will affect price of Japan's rice. Just as the war in Ukraine has affected price of wheat thus bread. Less supply and same demand as before will lead to a price increase.
Who's at fault? Japanese rice farmers who for a century or more have successfully coopted government to ban imports. And the Japanese people for largely supporting that ban because they are conditioned to believe foreign rice is BOTH "not as good" AND "they would not be able to tell the difference so they need to be protected" Sometimes to just get what you deserve
When i lived with japanese baddie girl in japan she always j-walked and sometimes police said abunai (dangerous) she always told they are annoying and they should go home. I was always waiting that they would throw me out of japan because of her .
....maybe make as much rice as possible and look to explore other markets OUTSIDE of Japan.. People will love to buy Japanese rice overseas.... makes more money for them without stupid protectionist schemes in place... Solved your economic and shortage crisis...
Japan is so funny. When there's problems that can ACTUALLY be attributed to foreigners, there's not much in the news, but when there's something absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical they attribute to foreigners, its all over the news. これはPエンです!
I don't think it's a foreigner issue at this point they'll blame even typhoons on them. I think the recent typhoons and earthquakes are a big cause because it destroyed a lot of crops and also people were panic buying. I also think it's because there's more and more people moving into Tokyo for example and less people out in the countryside to farm rice now.
Like Chris said, they are reporting that foreigners are only one of the factors and there are multiple causes, right? I'm curious as to why you're saying it's only foreigners when you've mentioned multiple factors.
The jaywalking story is funny to me - I'm always *shocked* at people crossing the road willynilly when I visit the UK. It doesn't seem like anyone waits for the light. I'm guessing Japan is a little more like where I'm from... Here, a few people might but usually only when the road light has already turned and the cars have stopped; there's often a delay between that and the walk symbol turning on. I wonder if it's because in the UK driving speeds tend to be slower so it's less risky there. Here, sometimes it seems like everything is a highway.
@@bitfreakazoid Those things have a lot to do with it. Jacking up prices artificially means reducing production. That puts the industry in danger when natural disaster or climate fluctuations affect crop yield. This is basic ag econ, chief.
@@genericchannel5899 he legit believes anything comes from Japan. He is one of those people who think Japan is some sort of wonderland and can do no wrong.
@@bitfreakazoid bro minster of Japan agriculture said even if 3 million visitors stayed for month eating rice 3 times a day. .05% of rice consumption. It is not the foreigner's fault. If .05% you think that is causing a shortage then you got a lot of other issues you need to work through.
like in much of the developed world, the declining population is mainly affecting rural areas, which are the ones who grow the food. Many other countries are bringing in foreign workers to work on farms, which is a problem for the less skilled workforce
As an American; can we help them somehow? We have a lot of flat prairie land that is good for growing rice. Japan is small and it's their staple. We need to help if we can.
@@hanspecans We grow rice in California's Sacramento Valley, Texas and southwest Louisiana on the Gulf Coast; Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, and some sections of Arkansas in the Mississippi Delta; and the Arkansas Grand Prairie. We produce the most in Arkansas. Not hard to irrigate prairie and some prairies are wet. Prairie simply means large flat grassland without many trees. French word for it is Meadow.
Last year, I removed a Covid-era handwashing sign at work, when nobody was looking. I’m not sure that anyone even noticed; at least, no one said a word about it. It annoyed me a good deal; I was glad I took the initiative.
I’ve asked doctor offices why they have signs on the door of the office: “We suggest wearing a mask before entering,” and no one inside is wearing one. They usually say that they didn’t realize they still had them up. A few say that it will reduce the spread of all respiratory viruses, and so it doesn’t hurt to have it up as a reminder. Probably only ridicule would push them into removing the sign.
One place I will still wear a mask is in the pharmacy and drs waiting room (same place here) because it’s an enormous queue full of sick people and has bad ventilation. They don’t necessarily have Covid but they could have anything else. When I get in the examination room I take it off. Every single dr has commented that they think it’s a good idea. Also, I had Covid eight weeks ago and it absolutely floored me. There are still bad strains going around. Please don’t put others at unnecessary risk. I’m still suffering after effects now.
@@dees3179 You can’t protect others by wearing a mask yourself. Reasons: exhaled viral particles may land on the inside of the mask, but as you continue to exhale over them, they eventually end up aerosolized. Just because something may work for five minutes, doesn’t mean it will work for an hour. Also, you’re likely not wearing a fit-tested mask, so viral particles can escape or enter the mask through the gaps. Masks also don’t protect your eyes, which are large mucosal surfaces vulnerable to infection. Of course, I don’t tell others what to do, and I appreciate when they don’t tell me what to do, especially when there’s been so much misinformation, both from public health authorities and others posing as authorities.
Removing a reminder reminding for your good and each others' good is terrible. A Covid-era handwashing sign serves for avoiding not only Covid but any other hand-transferable thing; and for your own cleanliness. Simply put, a good hygiene reminder. I would maybe understand it if it were mask signs, but it's a simple handwashing one. Perhaps you won't see the consequences of your action to yourself _(assuming you clean your hands well),_ but it would affect others. Do not downplay the after-effects of this "Covid era".
A friend of mine is Japanese and he stubbed his toe in the middle of the night while walking to his bathroom. He told me it was my fault as an English person.
I basically eat a variation on the bodybuilder meme diet every day: rice, chicken, broccoli or some kind of stir-fry and a 10KG bag lasts ages so it's crazy to me that JP could be running out. A single large bag lasts (me at least) a long time.
Most people in the west, even people who like rice, only eat it for dinner. Over in East-Asia, rice can be eaten for every meal. Fried rice is a breakfast dish to use leftovers from the previous night. And rice is also used in many other things when it is ground into flour.
Yea, I saw an article on NHK that opened with foreigners to blame for rice shortages. Quite deceitful - they interviewed foreigners who said they love rice! Both ridiculous and offensive at the same time. Pretty sad that they would resort to that - straight out of the Trump playbook. Maybe tourists are responsible for saving Kyoto and keeping a lot of restaurants afloat.
Like Chris said, it's just one of the factors. The NHK news article also states that there are multiple factors, right? I'm curious as to why you're saying it's only foreigners when you've mentioned multiple factors🤔
So they still refuse to admit the fact that farmers are getting too old and the youth don't wanna be farmers and they're not replacing the dying old farmers with younger ones fast enough. What deluded a holes.
Is this factual or just conjecture? All I see here is relevant speculation about stock shortages. The media are at fault for exaggerating the effect of one of the factors but so are all you people in the comments for ignoring the other listed factors cause your feelings are hurt.
Typical, the government won't accept responsibility for its mistakes, so it tries to throw the blame on someone else.... Rice shortage never affected kyushu it seems, never not seen any in stock.
At this point foreigners in Japan are blamed for the CO2 in the atmosphere because they're breathing
Despite opening the country since 1853, Japanese public still has the isolationist mindset.
Damn mouth breathers😂
Living in Hawaii my perspective on rice is: Government tells everyone the big quake is coming in a few days, then a week later wonders where all the rice went.
Totally don't see any relation. 😏😄
What I find interesting and hardly surprising is that only a month ago, along with news about low rice harvest, there was an article in about rice exports hitting record high.. Then a week later the government announced it's first ever mega-quake warning.. I remember when I was still in the UK, any time there was worry/panic about something, all the toilet rolls were bought.. 😂
So perhaps allowing such a record high export of rice, combined with the first ever mega-quake warning has contributed more to this rice shortage than foreign tourists.. I AM foreign, but not a tourist as I live here.. So I can't say for sure, but I'm quite certain that tourists don't buy that much rice to be honest. Most tourists are staying in hotels and eating at restaurants.. Most restaurants have deliveries of rice.. The empty shelves in the local supermarket are probably not empty as a result of foreign tourists.
The government here, rightly or wrongly wants more tourism. So they need to facilitate that, and not be so quick to allow blame to fall on those very tourists.
you know when covid hit ? i work in a warehouse and we never lacked toilet paper for the stores but people was buying it so much we could not ship it fast enough. for the rice i believe its not true about lack of rice and if so maybe they could import it from somewhere else ???
There could be a typhoon in Japan that injures 20 people and the media outlets there would still find a way to say the foreign tourists had something to do with it
darn gaijins the typhoon is their fault!
Well if 30 million tourists come to japan a country of 127 million that’s a lot of rice 😂 one has to understand ratios of use too.
"Foreigners. I knew it was them. Even when it was the typhoon, I knew it was them."
“Damn the gaijins are turning our frogs gay”
@@RadenWAhaha xDD
Jaywalking is not illegal everywhere. It depends on where you are. It is left over from when cars first entered the road. Living and working in NYC for many years, I feel comfortable knowing when and when not to cross, but in other cities I’ll usually wait for the light.
I still enjoy rewatching old abroad in Japan videos. Based off what Chris was saying near the end there, I’m curious if he would ever consider a remastered version of his older videos. Is that a thing you can do? He clearly has different ideas for the audio quality and who knows what else now
Being like the cop from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle when jaywalking in the middle of the night.
Most foreign tourists stay in hotels. They don't have a residential kitchen to cook rice.
I heard that foreigners are eating all the rice along with cats and dogs. I saw it on tv
We need another picture where emperor Naruhito is having a bag of rice under each hand and is running away from a horde of tourists. Hell, we can even add Trump with cats that is running away from a horde of haitians.
Earlier today, I saw a video that showed a Japanese police officer running on foot to chase a car; is it the fault of foreigners? 😂
It seems like the Rice shortage is getting better. Supermarkets around me have had a lot of rice on their shelves lately but prices are still elevated...
Is there no imported rice in Japan?
Vietnam and Thailand are two of the biggest rice exporters, but I think they mostly (or maybe completely) produce Jasmine rice. But I assume there are other countries that produce Japanese-style short grain rice.
@@fattiger6957 I saw a few brands of imported rice on the shelves but it is not usually sold much in Japan. It was also even pricier than the Japanese rice.
I was visiting japan when that article came out. I barely ate rice during my visit, not even half my meals involved rice. I think it's because people hoarded rice during the possible mega quake and the typhoons.
I think it is mostly due to just a bad crop yield because of the weather. Food shortages almost always come because either the weather or logistical issues.
@@fattiger6957 Not really. This sort of thing can generally be anticipated by the richer economies. When Europe has bad wheat harvests due to the weather, there is never a shortage of bread, just price increases. The only people who experience those shortages live in poor countries, because they get priced out of the market. But short-term increased demand, like a hoarding spree, is something the highly optimized delivery chains these days cannot easily absorb, especially since it generally self-accelerates (when people notice a product becoming rare, they try to stock up on it).
Jaywalking is a cultural thing. In Australia crosswalks with zebra markings give pedestrians the right of way. We discovered the hard way that in Japan this is not the case. In Kanazawa we encountered a zebra crossing and there was no clearly visible green man. Half way across the road much to our horror we discovered that we had made a mistake that it was a traffic light controlled crossing. A local held up her arms in a cross to show her displeasure at our stupidity. The green man was there, but it was on a pole on the crossing on the other part of the intersection.
I have a six-pack of Coolish that I bought at my local supermarket here in Japan. It's nice to always have Coolish on hand. 😊
It might have been jelly fish season when Pete came across the 3 empty beaches. Going to the beach in Japan when the jelly fish are out is a bit like crossing the road when the red man is lit (there may even be a law against it).
When I was in Japan I noticed this straight away. But what I found was that if I saw it was obviously clear and crossed at the red man, then all the other Japanese people around would follow suit. It's not that they don't want to do it but rather they're just afraid to take that first step out of line.
The same thing happened to me to . At the next light the same people were looking at me to see if I would go again . I didn’t know at that point you shouldn’t do that .
saw someone else say that jaywalking is a leftover thing from when cars entered the scene, which is mostly true but it actually happened because of car companies, roads used to be mostly for pedestrians walking around and cars had to basically just deal with it, which lead to alot of accidents of course but also since the car companies wanted people to buy cars they started promoting that "roads are for cars" and the term "jay-walking" was started, jay used to be a slang term for someone stupid, so only stupid people walked in the road basically, and thats how that became a thing.
Japan's Diet ( all Puns Intended since we're talking about Rice here ) has had an agreement with California to purchase and import Rice since the Early 90's sometime whenever such becomes necessary for anyone who doesn't know.
In Germany you get fined for j-walking. I think the idea is that if children see you they may copy without looking properly
Everyone still does it though
In extreme cases you can even lose your driver's licence. Whoever does such things often should not drive. Which kind of makes sense.
Hello Chris bread and patte Pete, I wanted to ask this question last episode when you were on the topic of religion but thought I might have a better chance commenting on the most recent video. As a Muslim how are the praying facilities in Japan and is halal food easy to come by? Thank you for all of the amazing content keep up the good work
Sushi parlors second worst nightmare
Whats the first 😂
@xxDxxism yeah I need to know what he says now too
@@xxDxxismPretty sure they mean the guy who licked the soy sauce bottles about a year ago. The story went mega viral. In podcast #21 they reported on that
Looking at the title I was thinking about having a T-Shirt with who ate all the rice on it with a picture a cartoon character eating a rice bowl fast lmao
I was watching Sora the Troll talking about the rice shortage and denying that it’s the tourists, but a lot of his fans love blaming the US for everything.
I just realized that Chris has a subliminal message in the background, the way it scrolls "Like a MAGIC" slowly, so you see the "Like" and remember to Like the video
@@technosworld2 He is an evil genuis!
Chris came a long way since becoming a UA-camr, he's even got CM Punk on podcast now. Wow.
Granted, I am buying koshihikari rice here from my one and only local japanese store, but its so expensive for a sack of it (slightly above 50 usd) that i hardly think we're causing issues
The light is nicely diffused, creating the impression of an uncovered window in the distance. While I might have expected something more consistent with the set lighting, it emphasizes the foreground without being distracting, and the red light enhances the overall effect.
ChoCO Coolish is the shit man. I fucking love it. But it seems to be rarely sold, seasonal.
According to media reports at the time, Kyoto City was on the verge of bankruptcy because of the lack of tourists during Covid - I’m sure that many other places that are popular with tourists were similarly economically strained, particularly those who invested heavily in expectation of a tourist boom during the Tokyo Olympics. You would think they would be happy to see lots of high spending visitors to the country.
Tourism is helpful to the Japanese economy, but it won't get it back to the glory days. There is no 1st world nation that has a tourism-dependent economy.
@@fattiger6957 I know a lot of hotels and other touristic facilities that spent a lot of money (presumably borrowed) upgrading and expanding their infrastructure in anticipation of a tourist bonanza in 2020 that never came for obvious reasons. They must be delighted to have such huge demand so they can start getting their businesses back on an even keel.
@@fattiger6957 you've never been to Santa cruz then. This town is so old and white it fears change of any kind, and we don't even have the excuse of Bushido interfering with our politics. California should be ashamed.
Also Japan is famous for being THE nation of tourists. So much so, that when they go to Paris and get Paris Syndrome, there is actually a division of the embassy that deals with their disappointment.
We need Professor Coolish pronto Mr Affable 😁
My fantastic fellows, you both sound utterly FANTASTIC through my new sound bar 👌 some crisp sounding Chris and panoramic Pete, just what I need 😁
Which black magic camera are you using?
Does Japan not import rice?
Though they produce Jasmine rice (the king of rice), Vietnam and Thailand are two of the biggest rice producers in the world and they aren't that far from Japan. I feel like other countries could produce Japanese short grain rice.
Not tourists, I’m in S.F. trying to remodel, shipping delays causing unavailability
The Vietnamese have a totally different culture regarding jaywalking, in that you cant NOT jaywalk because there is no like, pedestrian crossing lights or anything like that, for the most part. Thats so sad
My Japanese Karate trainer once had an accident somewhere in South Asia. He didn't think about that in that country the car's drive on the other side of the road. Maybe the same with that Vietnamese guy...
The Japanese media blames both tourists and restaurants for the rice shortage. By restaurants, I assume they mean the ones with mostly Japanese customers. They say that restaurants serve too much rice, and that much of it goes uneaten. I would think that if the cost of rice was up that restaurants would simply provide smaller portions to cut costs.
Meanwhile Japan's main export is literally tourism
The squid is in my prefecture wooooooo!
I dare Chris to change the led sign behind him for just one show to read "Like a Magic Mike Show." 😂🤣😂🤣
Dear Japan, We get it. You hate everything about us, except our money.
Absolutely spot on.
I feel like they even hate the money lmao
At least when it comes to America, they are very good at airing their dirty laundry to the world. If a Japanese person's only idea of America comes from the American media, I don't blame them for being wary of American people.
So sensitive.
And yet, you still go there despite believing they all secretly hate you? Why go there then?
I know it's probably controversial, but can't they import the rice they need from elsewhere?
The US? Thailand? I know it's going to be looked at as "tourist rice", but surely that's better than no rice.
It's probably just an attempt to increase the price of rice a bit so that the farmers (or most likely the middlemen) can get some more money out of the consumers.
$568M in rice imports. They are the 15th largest importer of rice.
@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas
Huh, as far as I've managed to look up, they import 4% of the consumed rice - most imported rice is used for alcohol and such instead of eating it.
Then it shouldn't be a big deal if they really wanted more rice.
It's probably more a problem with the politicians rather than with the tourists.
@@MrMBinder that is what I was getting at sort of. And politicians aren't the one importing rice. The companies that package the rice for sale and consumption.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) All Rice Price Index rose by 2.8%. Which is the highest since 2011.
And with how the weather has been that can affect the rice price. Bad weather will decrease what is produced. And what is grown outside of Japan will affect price of Japan's rice. Just as the war in Ukraine has affected price of wheat thus bread. Less supply and same demand as before will lead to a price increase.
I'm a Coolish and a rice guy
- Some guy
Has Chris always had this moustache or did I just notice it 😮
The real question is, can Chris grow hair on his cheeks?
I've only ever seen him with this spaniard goatee thing.
Not the number 42, but the foreign tourists in Japan are the/to blame for anything. 🙄
eh they could easily import rice from the US, as it grows Japanese rice in excess.
Who's at fault?
Japanese rice farmers who for a century or more have successfully coopted government to ban imports.
And the Japanese people for largely supporting that ban because they are conditioned to believe foreign rice is BOTH "not as good" AND "they would not be able to tell the difference so they need to be protected"
Sometimes to just get what you deserve
This is a healthy comment!
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if everyone just talking to the camera and refuse to work on field, supplies shortage tend to happen i guess
Rice is nice
"Japan’s Rice Shortage"... The real reason Chris only does headshots now...
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When i lived with japanese baddie girl in japan she always j-walked and sometimes police said abunai (dangerous) she always told they are annoying and they should go home. I was always waiting that they would throw me out of japan because of her .
....maybe make as much rice as possible and look to explore other markets OUTSIDE of Japan.. People will love to buy Japanese rice overseas.... makes more money for them without stupid protectionist schemes in place... Solved your economic and shortage crisis...
Japan is so funny. When there's problems that can ACTUALLY be attributed to foreigners, there's not much in the news, but when there's something absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical they attribute to foreigners, its all over the news. これはPエンです!
I fly to Japan just to binge eat rice.... it is all my fault that rice is hard to get. I am so sorry Japan!
I don't think it's a foreigner issue at this point they'll blame even typhoons on them. I think the recent typhoons and earthquakes are a big cause because it destroyed a lot of crops and also people were panic buying. I also think it's because there's more and more people moving into Tokyo for example and less people out in the countryside to farm rice now.
They could be starving and they would never accept foreign grown rice...
Japan will blame foreign tourists for literally anything at this point lmao.
Well when they are contributing to issues...
@@bitfreakazoid 3 million people per month is .05% of the consumption. That is not going to affect amount of consumed.
Like Chris said, they are reporting that foreigners are only one of the factors and there are multiple causes, right?
I'm curious as to why you're saying it's only foreigners when you've mentioned multiple factors.
The jaywalking story is funny to me - I'm always *shocked* at people crossing the road willynilly when I visit the UK. It doesn't seem like anyone waits for the light. I'm guessing Japan is a little more like where I'm from... Here, a few people might but usually only when the road light has already turned and the cars have stopped; there's often a delay between that and the walk symbol turning on.
I wonder if it's because in the UK driving speeds tend to be slower so it's less risky there. Here, sometimes it seems like everything is a highway.
Rice shortage: The warning of the potential megaquake caused panic buying. They caused it mostly themselves 😂
Hi Pete
also hi Chris
You matter as well
Anything to avoid admitting corporate corruption and price gouging.
When those two things have literally nothing to do with it, why would they?
@@bitfreakazoid Those things have a lot to do with it. Jacking up prices artificially means reducing production. That puts the industry in danger when natural disaster or climate fluctuations affect crop yield. This is basic ag econ, chief.
@@genericchannel5899 he legit believes anything comes from Japan. He is one of those people who think Japan is some sort of wonderland and can do no wrong.
@@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas Sir Terry Pratchett warned us about enthusiasts... =)
@@bitfreakazoid bro minster of Japan agriculture said even if 3 million visitors stayed for month eating rice 3 times a day. .05% of rice consumption. It is not the foreigner's fault.
If .05% you think that is causing a shortage then you got a lot of other issues you need to work through.
Talk for yourself... We'll never forgive and certainly never forget.
Rice worms, they don’t want to say it though
Ghostbusters now say it as a Japanese tourist who is speaking English as a second language
Tho koku!
I had to read up on Bendy Bananas. Brexit really was a poop-show.
How is a declining population likely to cause a shortage of rice? Wouldn't there be more rice to go around per person?
like in much of the developed world, the declining population is mainly affecting rural areas, which are the ones who grow the food. Many other countries are bringing in foreign workers to work on farms, which is a problem for the less skilled workforce
I've heard of some silly things, but now we're blamed for the rice shortage? lmao what next.
Chris' porn stache is still hosting the show :D Its the same in Japan as everywhere else, its easier to blame others than take the blame yourselves.
As an American; can we help them somehow? We have a lot of flat prairie land that is good for growing rice. Japan is small and it's their staple. We need to help if we can.
White realtors are going to charge a kajillion dollars a month to live on those prairies in about a year
Rice is grown in paddies full of water. Not on prairies that are dry.
@@hanspecans We grow rice in California's Sacramento Valley, Texas and southwest Louisiana on the Gulf Coast; Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, and some sections of Arkansas in the Mississippi Delta; and the Arkansas Grand Prairie. We produce the most in Arkansas. Not hard to irrigate prairie and some prairies are wet. Prairie simply means large flat grassland without many trees. French word for it is Meadow.
Last year, I removed a Covid-era handwashing sign at work, when nobody was looking. I’m not sure that anyone even noticed; at least, no one said a word about it. It annoyed me a good deal; I was glad I took the initiative.
I’ve asked doctor offices why they have signs on the door of the office: “We suggest wearing a mask before entering,” and no one inside is wearing one. They usually say that they didn’t realize they still had them up. A few say that it will reduce the spread of all respiratory viruses, and so it doesn’t hurt to have it up as a reminder. Probably only ridicule would push them into removing the sign.
One place I will still wear a mask is in the pharmacy and drs waiting room (same place here) because it’s an enormous queue full of sick people and has bad ventilation. They don’t necessarily have Covid but they could have anything else. When I get in the examination room I take it off. Every single dr has commented that they think it’s a good idea.
Also, I had Covid eight weeks ago and it absolutely floored me. There are still bad strains going around. Please don’t put others at unnecessary risk. I’m still suffering after effects now.
@@dees3179 You can’t protect others by wearing a mask yourself. Reasons: exhaled viral particles may land on the inside of the mask, but as you continue to exhale over them, they eventually end up aerosolized. Just because something may work for five minutes, doesn’t mean it will work for an hour. Also, you’re likely not wearing a fit-tested mask, so viral particles can escape or enter the mask through the gaps. Masks also don’t protect your eyes, which are large mucosal surfaces vulnerable to infection. Of course, I don’t tell others what to do, and I appreciate when they don’t tell me what to do, especially when there’s been so much misinformation, both from public health authorities and others posing as authorities.
Removing a reminder reminding for your good and each others' good is terrible.
A Covid-era handwashing sign serves for avoiding not only Covid but any other hand-transferable thing; and for your own cleanliness. Simply put, a good hygiene reminder.
I would maybe understand it if it were mask signs, but it's a simple handwashing one.
Perhaps you won't see the consequences of your action to yourself _(assuming you clean your hands well),_ but it would affect others.
Do not downplay the after-effects of this "Covid era".
A friend of mine is Japanese and he stubbed his toe in the middle of the night while walking to his bathroom. He told me it was my fault as an English person.
I basically eat a variation on the bodybuilder meme diet every day: rice, chicken, broccoli or some kind of stir-fry and a 10KG bag lasts ages so it's crazy to me that JP could be running out. A single large bag lasts (me at least) a long time.
Most people in the west, even people who like rice, only eat it for dinner. Over in East-Asia, rice can be eaten for every meal. Fried rice is a breakfast dish to use leftovers from the previous night. And rice is also used in many other things when it is ground into flour.
Yea, I saw an article on NHK that opened with foreigners to blame for rice shortages. Quite deceitful - they interviewed foreigners who said they love rice! Both ridiculous and offensive at the same time. Pretty sad that they would resort to that - straight out of the Trump playbook. Maybe tourists are responsible for saving Kyoto and keeping a lot of restaurants afloat.
Like Chris said, it's just one of the factors.
The NHK news article also states that there are multiple factors, right?
I'm curious as to why you're saying it's only foreigners when you've mentioned multiple factors🤔
Well Chris ate all the rice. Obviously
had to have something to go with family mart chicken!
damn I didn't know Chris was Caseoh
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Luckily foreigners don't like rice. Especially white rice 👍🏻
So they still refuse to admit the fact that farmers are getting too old and the youth don't wanna be farmers and they're not replacing the dying old farmers with younger ones fast enough. What deluded a holes.
Is this factual or just conjecture? All I see here is relevant speculation about stock shortages. The media are at fault for exaggerating the effect of one of the factors but so are all you people in the comments for ignoring the other listed factors cause your feelings are hurt.
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Typical, the government won't accept responsibility for its mistakes, so it tries to throw the blame on someone else....
Rice shortage never affected kyushu it seems, never not seen any in stock.
The foreigners are at fault. Now where have I heard that before?
Weird that "non-racists" love japan but japan is racist.
Sounds like you are the one.
@@bitfreakazoid ur mom
Its weird that "non-vegetarians" love watermelon but watermelon is vegetarian
Thats basically how ridiculous you sound but anyway
Looks like you guys love japan