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A combination of empty restaurants, a lack of gourmet travellers and cancelled business dinners has given Japan's government the coronavirus headache they could never have imagined - a surplus of wagyu beef.
The Financial Times reports a lack of restaurant trade compounded by overproduction resulting in cold storage facilities full of wagyu and plummeting prices.
As a result, the ministry of agriculture has been left in the novel situation of coming up with a plan to encourage more people to eat Wagyu. One idea includes an economic stimulus package, which could involve the distribution of Wagyu beef coupons to Japanese households.