Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Watch Online: OurPlanet TV Interviews 2HJ Resource Coordinator Yusuke Wada
OurPlanet TV’s Rika Kobayashi interviewed Yusuke Wada today about hunger and food banking in Japan. The basic function of a food bank – to take in food from donors and redistribute it to those in need – is still not widely known in this country.
Some facts mentioned in the 23-minute interview may surprise viewers: 650 thousand people lack food security in Japan and 19.5 million are living below the poverty line. This need is coupled with a system that makes donating food difficult even for companies that want to give; they are taxed when they donate an amount of food that exceeds the government’s current cutoff line.
Watch the interview online (in Japanese only)! It will be the featured item on OurPlanet TV’s web site for two weeks.
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