Maldives sends 600,000 cans of tuna (to Japan)

[AsahinaKimi]

Source: Japan Times/Kyodo News

The Maldives has offered 600,000 cans of tuna, its specialty product, for earthquake and tsunami victims, Japanese government officials said.

The Foreign Ministry has expressed gratitude and is planning to swiftly accept the offer from the tiny Indian Ocean country, which has itself experienced tsunami in the past and received support from Japan in building embankments and promoting its canning industry.

The Maldivian government had initially planned to provide around 80,000 cans of tuna, a delicacy chiefly exported to Europe and Southeast Asia, but the amount was increased after support by the private sector, the officials said.

Read more: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110409b1.html

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<.))))< sugoi! <.)))<

[meegbear]

1. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

2. Good for Maldives, I believe they're one of the nations most immediately threatened

by global warming.

Thanks for the thread, AsahinaKimi.

[aquart]

3. Good people in desperate danger themselves.

[LiberalEsto]

4. Who's sending the 60,000 can openers? nt

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Most of the canned tuna sold in Japan

comes in cans that are opened by pulling up on a ring-- no can opener required. Since Japan provided support for the Maldives canning industry, it is likely that the Japanese introduced or enhanced pull-top technology for the Maldives.