China introduces chopsticks tax, time for japan to make its move?

[MajideSaiaku]

carry your own chopsticks or impose western eating utensils on asia.

I know which one the asians would choose, national pride would be at stake.

Next time i go to japan im just gonig to tell every japanese if they dont carry durable chopsticks then the US military will impose forks and knives on everyone.

But knowing Japan, no-one would care or notice their chopsticks are missing.

 

[Zarusoba]

Japan's rotting forests

Japan is 70% wooded. 40% of this area is covered with pine and cypress trees planted during WWII, when demand for domestic timber was booming.

Because Japan now imports most of its timber from other countries, these artificial forests are now rotting. The trees were planted too close together and they need to be thinned.

The care of these forests is actually a part of Japan's Kyoto Protocol targets.

So China has too few trees and Japan has too many.

Easy. Make disposable chopsticks out of thinned wood from Japanese forests.

But Japanese chopsticks cost 7 times as much as imported ones.

So, it's up to you, shoppers. Put your hand up. Pay for the timber.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Japan is 70% wooded. 40% of this area is covered with pine and cypress trees planted during WWII, when demand for domestic timber was booming.
Because Japan now imports most of its timber from other countries, these artificial forests are now rotting. The trees were planted too close together and they need to be thinned.
The care of these forests is actually a part of Japan's Kyoto Protocol targets.
So China has too few trees and Japan has too many.
Easy. Make disposable chopsticks out of thinned wood from Japanese forests.
But Japanese chopsticks cost 7 times as much as imported ones.
So, it's up to you, shoppers. Put your hand up. Pay for the timber.

Umm, sorry, but where did you get those stats or "facts" from? I find those figures hard to believe considering how populated japan is .

 

[mingo]

I prefer bamboo chopstick to wooden one, but the disposable ones are usually made out wood.
The good thing about bamboo is, it's less destructive to the forest, even if u cut it, its root will keep spawn new bamboos.. and it can reach its full height within one or two year... compare to the time for a tree forest to grow back, it's a much better alternative, but it cost more than wooden one and didn't grow in the north (where many communities relied on lumbering)