Japanese media: Once China catchs the Japanese stomach

Japan's BPRESS News Network July 4th article, original title: Japan has become a Chinese food colony.

At the end of the last century, China has steadily promoted the reform and opening up policy. The labor force prices in coastal areas are low, the quantity is huge, and the distance between China and Japan is close, and logistics and transportation is convenient. As a result, many Japanese food companies aimed at China, brought Japanese advanced processing technology to China, carried out food production and processing in China, and then exported food to Japan.

For example, most of the sweet shrimp loved by Japanese people are caught in Northern Europe. They are quickly frozen on fishing boats and shipped them to Chinese factories. For the sake of beauty, the tail of sweet shrimp cannot be removed, and the shrimp can not be damaged. Such a fine requirement makes the operation of shrimp peeling cannot be mechanized, and it can only be done artificially. With the further development of quick -frozen technology, many types of seafood processing gradually emerged in China.

Under this production model, Japanese food companies have begun to produce takoyuts, tempura and semi -finished products in the Chinese factory. After the semi -finished products produced in Japan are completed, they will be sent to dining tables across Japan. Japanese food companies also cooperate with Chinese farmers to grow vegetables that meet (Japan) standards. It can be said that these farmland has become a "food base" for Japanese companies. Local farmers laughed and said, "We are no longer a farmer, but a Japanese -owned worker."

There is a white sesame mountains piled up in a food processing plant in China. Several employees in professional workers picked up pickles with dumplings to remove mixed foreign bodies and secondary products. In Japan, vendors will sprinkle white sesame seeds to add color to add color, but if the quality of sesame is slightly not good, Japanese consumers will immediately complain. The work of picking sesame seeds is indispensable, but no one wants to do it in Japan.

As Japanese companies enter China, Japanese food dependence on China is also increasing. In 2021, the country with the most imported agricultural products in Japan was the United States, accounting for 23.3%of the total imports, followed by China, accounting for 10.1%. But for Japan, this is dangerous. Once China catchs the Japanese stomach, Japan will become passive.

Author Aoya Yoyang Ichiro, strictly translated

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