
Asahi: What's for dinner? Panel hopes 1.2 billion pick Japanese food
About 1.2 billion people will be eating sushi, sashimi and other Japanese dishes in five years if a plan succeeds in making Japanese cuisine the third most popular in the world...The number of people around the world who eat Japanese food more than once a year is currently estimated at about 600 million. But if the project succeeds in doubling that figure, Japanese food would trail only Chinese and French cuisine in terms of global popularity...more...