Not long ago, there was an article about a Japanese scientist who had reversed engineered a full course meal, nutritionally balanced from human poop. I kid you not. It looked and smelled like real food.
Of course, nobody would eat it because they knew its origin, so they fed it to the family dog. But the experiment showed just what was possible.
Japan grows a lot of food in factories, not farms now. Unlike Zimbabwe (the former breadbasket of Africa when whitey was in charge), Japan could be self-sufficent in food if they wanted to do so.
Yes, the Japanese have been self-sufficient, but at a dire cost. That's why the Chinese always referred to them as "Evil Dwarves" ~ at the same time the Japanese avoided 4 foot long Broad Swords!
I have witnessed the joy on the face of a Japanese-American lady as she realized that she actually had some relatives who exceeded 6 foot!
Yes, not all Japanese are short people ~ but for most of their history since the Medieval Warm Period, they have been!
In modern times they import a vast percentage of their food ~ particularly grains other than rice from the United States.
Yes, the Japanese have been self-sufficient, but at a dire cost. That's why the Chinese always referred to them as "Evil Dwarves" ~ at the same time the Japanese avoided 4 foot long Broad Swords!
I have witnessed the joy on the face of a Japanese-American lady as she realized that she actually had some relatives who exceeded 6 foot!
Yes, not all Japanese are short people ~ but for most of their history since the Medieval Warm Period, they have been!
In modern times they import a vast percentage of their food ~ particularly grains other than rice from the United States.