It's going to be difficult for me to boycott everything Japanese...

[firecat]

...but if this report is true, I feel like I should.

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/04/diversity-outlawed-in-japan.html
Excerpt:

To stem Japan’s “soaring obesity,” the health ministry has mandated that all waistlines among its 56 million workers over age 40 be below “regulation size” of 33.5 inches (for men). Any company failing to bring its employees’ weight under control — as well as the weights of their family members — will be fined up to 10% of its earnings by the government.

Comments

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

Please be an April Fools joke.

[firecat]

She specifically says it isn't.

[elainegrey.livejournal.com]

oh.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/28/wjapan128.xml

[bastette-joyce.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a difference in tone, between this article and the original one from Junkfood Science. By comparison, the Telegraph article sounds almost like it approves.