It's official (again)

I was watching some crazy Japanese tv show and on the top of the screen was a message about really important news. It looked like something that would show if a tornado was coming. I was expecting something like a bombing or tsunami warning, but the message was that Japan is halting the import of US beef again for fears of mad cow. And 20 minutes later, every news program was talking about it. Yeah, Japan is fascinating like that. Japanese news is comparable to beating a dead horse again and again until they have a new subject. For example, the big stock market scare the other day about allegations of fraud at Livedoor corporation has had just about every story done on it. I imagine the beef thing will be the next dead horse for the Japanese media to beat on the hour every hour.