A man has been arrested in the case of the “poisoned dumplings” sent to Japan two years ago. From Business Week: The 36-year-old suspect put a poisonous substance in the frozen dumplings when he worked as a temporary...
Kenji Minemura reports in THE ASAHI SHIMBUN: Chinese authorities have widened their investigation into the manufacturer of poisonous gyoza dumplings that sickened 14 people in Japan and China. Having already interviewed 55 of...
From Bloomberg: Japan’s Foreign Minister concluded a three-day visit to Beijing today after calling on China to move to the “next stage” on an agreement to jointly develop gas fields in the East China Sea....
From the Financial Times: When 10 people in Japan became ill after eating pesticide-tainted gyoza dumplings made in China, the resulting furore among the Japanese public demonstrated how fragile relations were between the two...
After finding traces of pesticide on dumplings from China this January and February, Japan’s imports of Chinese food have dropped dramatically. From AP: China’s food exports to Japan, a key market, plunged 30 percent...
An editorial in The Asahi Shimbun wonders if the recent scare over bad gyoza dumplings imported from China to Japan might also taint President Hu Jintao’s upcoming visit to the island nation: With Chinese President Hu...
China seems to be toning down the poisoned dumplings case, but the Daily Yomiuri editorial asks for the truth. It is safe to say the issue is not over in Japan. …The Chinese Public Security Ministry said at a press...
The pesticide-laced dumplings sent to Japan and caused 10 people to be seriously ill, could not have been contaminated in China, according to Chinese authorities. And while both Japan and China have acknowledged that the...
A Chinese safety watchdog official confirmed the small amounts of pesticides found in meat buns sent to Japan. However, Chinese officials have also said that the contamination of frozen stuffed buns and friend pork rolls could...
A top Chinese official said today the contaminated frozen dumplings that made 10 people in Japan ill was not a result of sabotage. The incident in December and January provoked tensions between the two countries and both sides...
Experts say hundreds of people who reported having health problems in Japan after 10 fell ill from contaminated dumplings made in China may have mistakenly attributed their symptoms to food poisoning. The Yomiuri Shimbun reports...
From Time Magazine: Bite-sized potstickers are popular in Japan, but rarely are they food for political debate. Since December, frozen gyoza (meat dumplings) produced by Chinese manufacturer Tianyang Food Processing Ltd. have...
From AFP: Japan on Thursday warned against rushing to the conclusion that Chinese dumplings behind a health scare here were intentionally poisoned, following allegations of politically motivated sabotage. A senior Chinese...
Here is an update to the poisoned China dumplings case. After Xinhua says China Says Tainted Dumplings Not Poisoned at Plant(Bloomberg), there turned out other possibilities of who poisoned the dumplings, from Reuters: Activists...
From BBC: Chinese dumplings which were laced with pesticide and made at least 10 Japanese people ill were probably poisoned on purpose, Japan’s health minister says. The frozen dumplings were contaminated with a highly...
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