Chinese food safety concerns spread to Japan

Just when Japanese start to eat roasted eel(Unagi) to celebrate doyonohi, the coming of the middle summer and the hottest period of the year, U.S. banns the import of some seafoods including eels from China.

As Japan is the China's biggest import of Unagi, account for about 60% of all Chinese exports, should Japan be concerned as well?

One Japanese importer said he is not concerned, as the eels that are bound to the Japanese market are the best, only leftovers from the Japanese export are exported to the U.S. and Canada.

Even so, Japanese government still tightens its inspections in both Chinese and Japanese ports. We will see how concerns in food safety will affect Japanese annual tradition of eating Unagi.