Word: sushi
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...pharmaceuticals) and hold powerful government posts. No one knows who will emerge as the new leader. Speculation often centers on one of his three sons, the favorite being the Swiss-educated, alleged Eric Clapton fan, Kim Jong Chul (though in a memoir published last year, Kim's former sushi chef, a Japanese citizen with the pseudonym Kenji Fujimoto, says Jong Chul, who is in his late 20s, is out because his father once said, "he is no good because he is like a little girl.") It may not matter because the North's generals can run the country regardless...
After testing sushi from four restaurants and 10 grocery stores using a simple genetic-fingerprinting technique, two local high school students discovered that one-fourth of the samples were mislabeled; some lower-quality seafood was being passed off as top-grade fish. While their study was too small to indicate a trend--and the students, fearing lawsuits, wouldn't name names--the case has New Yorkers wondering what's between their chopsticks...
...whimsically named Super Potato, an interior-design firm founded by Takashi Sugimoto. His designs have been commissioned in more than 20 countries, most notably in the high-end Grand Hyatt and Shangri-La hotel chains. Sugimoto was tired of the proliferation of stale Japanese icons overseas, the lackluster sushi bars or suburban karate studios. He decided, instead, to export a whole new aesthetic that plays with the collision of natural materials, such as bamboo and stone, with industrial matter such as scrap metal or junkyard finds. The result is a celebration of irregularity, a sharp contrast to a Western design...
...Tokyo A Japan Without Sushi? Japanese fishermen staged their largest ever one-day strike on July 15, involving some 200,000 boats, as thousands of seamen massed in Tokyo to demand curbs on soaring fuel costs. The price of heavy fuel used for fishing boats has tripled since 2003, threatening to cripple an industry already hobbled by depleted fish populations. Japan is the world's second largest consumer of seafood...
...mayo and flying-fish-roe dip or xiao long bao shooters (a delicate soup dumpling sitting in a shot glass filled with warm chicken broth), as well as steamed fish worthy of a top Chinese restaurant. Those not in the mood for dim sum can seat themselves at a sushi counter run by one of Singapore's best Japanese restaurants, Tatsuya. As for liquid refreshment, Dim Sake offers over 100 types of cocktails, martinis, sake and shochu...