Eat Your Kimchi

Simon is sick today, so Martina is talking about her struggle to learn the Japanese language and about Japans potato chip crisis. Most of the chips in Japan are made from potatoes grown locally. Last year the region that grows potatoes was hit by a record number of typhoons, which affected a lot of the potato crop. Potato chip producers had to apologise because they don't want to use imported potatoes. Before getting potatoes from overseas, the companies are asking Southern farmers to harvest their crops earlier than scheduled  so they can continue using local ingredients. There's major gaps in the chip section of supermarkets in Japan, but no one is upping the price. The crisis is real, but it's good to know they're using local ingredients to make chips.