Follow-Up: Tainted dumplings still front-page news in Japan.

There's the Olympics, Russia going apeshit on its neighbors, Godzilla about to awake at any moment, and Japanese media and politics are still obsessed with the Chinese-made gyoza that got only 10 people sick.

From the front page of Japan Times:

Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Sunday he agreed with a senior Chinese official that the two countries should boost cooperation to solve food poisoning cases involving Chinese-made "gyoza" dumplings.

Komura said that during talks with State Councilor Dai Bingguo, he also urged Beijing to exert its leadership in the six-party process for denuclearizing North Korea, which is facing the question of how to verify nuclear information provided by Pyongyang.

"The dumpling issue is a very important problem from the point of view of the feelings of the two countries," Komura said at a Beijing hotel. "We agreed to speed up cooperation and exchange of opinions between the countries' investigative authorities."

The second paragraph is what amazes me. The foreign ministers are together in a room to discuss NORTH KOREA'S THREATS OF NUCLEAR WAR, and Japan and China are still bickering over crappy frozen dumplings.

I can just imagine the conversation:

Japan: I am glad we are all here to discuss North Korea's nuclear ambitions and their danger to all living things on the planet. But first. Would anyone like a delicious, Chinese-produced gyoza that has... pesticides on it??

China: You bastard! Your dumplings, your problem!

Japan: If you're not responsible, eat one! I dare you.

China: Our chefs are all in America, working at Fresco Tortilla. We had nothing to do with this!

Russia: Hey, North Korea, while no one's looking, wanna take over the Ukraine with us? We'll give you Azerbaijan.

North Korea: Sure. Oh, hey, thanks for the enriched uranium.

United States: What's a gyoza? I can has cheezburger? LOLZ.