[hkmurakami]

There's some rogue political wing in Japan that wants to have 100% capacity for domestic food production to meet domestic consumption needs. They've been pushing for subsidies for years to achieve "food independence", whatever that means.

I imagine their true goal is to just pad their pockets.

[ArkyBeagle]

It really seems to more of a sacrifice to some god of the Apocalypse to me. Although given the history of Japan since the Meiji period, nothing should surprise me.

Medieval Japanese culture is just so achingly beautiful it does not surprise me that people have such love fr it.