Tokyo: The image of Japan is a hi-tech country in the world, but these days Japan is struggling with two things. The first is the reduction of McDonald’s French fries and the second is extra milk. Japanese politicians are urging people to drink as much milk as possible. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida himself is asking people to drink a glass of milk every day so that milk is not wasted. Not only this, during a news conference, the ministers of the country are also seen drinking milk and are also appealing to the people to do so.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, “We want more and more population to cooperate in drinking extra milk and use milk products while cooking.” The Prime Minister is talking to the media after the end of the Parliament session. Were. However, not only the PM, but his ministers are also giving similar advice to the public. On December 17, the country’s minister Genjiro Kaneko and Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike also drank milk in a glass at their press conference.
This is the reason
In some media reports, quoting government data, it has been told that 5000 tonnes of milk have been wasted in Japan so far in winter. The farmers here are also actively participating in this campaign being run to prevent wastage of milk. Farmers are running a campaign on social media called hashtag #1Lperday and asking people to use milk as much as possible.
The demand for milk in Japan has dropped significantly this year. Even school children in Japan are being given milk in lunchboxes. The corona epidemic is also believed to be one of the reasons for the decline in the demand for milk. The hospitality industry is still trying to recover from the slowdown, due to which the demand for milk has reduced significantly in this sector as well.
French fry shortage
These days McDonald’s has stopped selling french fries in Japan. Actually, McDonald’s is forced to do this, because he does not have potatoes to make french fry.
Why potato problem?
Due to Corona and due to the floods in Canada, the import of potatoes in Japan has reduced very little. Because of this, there has been such a big problem with potatoes in Japan that McDonald’s is unable to get potatoes. In such a situation, the company has decided that from December 24 to December 30, only small-sized french fry will be sold there. The company has done this so that customers can still order french fry.
