Bob Correll
R.I.P. 3/31/2022
FT article:
www.ft.com
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"Cancelled business dinners, postponed dates, empty ryokan inns and the sudden absence of gourmet tourists from around the world has given Japan’s government a coronavirus crisis it never envisaged: how to offload hundreds of tons of succulent, perfectly marbled Wagyu beef in a hurry. Japan is sitting on an embarrassingly large surplus of the legendary A5-grade meat from farms in Kobe, Matsusaka and Yonezawa after attempts to ramp up production to meet soaring tourist demand and, eventually, to build an export market. "

Coronavirus serves up a surplus of Wagyu beef
Japan struggles to offload tonnes of highly prized meat as dining out declines
Well that link didn't work as planned.
Here's a quote:
"Cancelled business dinners, postponed dates, empty ryokan inns and the sudden absence of gourmet tourists from around the world has given Japan’s government a coronavirus crisis it never envisaged: how to offload hundreds of tons of succulent, perfectly marbled Wagyu beef in a hurry. Japan is sitting on an embarrassingly large surplus of the legendary A5-grade meat from farms in Kobe, Matsusaka and Yonezawa after attempts to ramp up production to meet soaring tourist demand and, eventually, to build an export market. "