Sushi shortage: Japan is facing a crisis as restaurants grapple with supply issues and rising costs
TOKYO, Japan — Sushi, a standard, cheaper option on the menu in Japanese restaurants, is facing a crisis in the country."There's currently a shortage of salmon, and ikura is in real danger," said Yoshinobu Yoshihashi, a"naka-oroshi," or intermediate wholesaler, at Toyosu Market in Tokyo, the country's largest wholesale market.
"It's difficult for us to immediately account for higher import costs in our prices," Yoshihashi said., about 70% comes from Chile — and most of that is frozen. About 20% comes from Norway and 10% from Russia. Salted ikura is available at high-end sushi restaurants. At a common sushi restaurant, ikura can be had for a few hundred yen. In the case of salted salmon roe, the price can be over 1,000 yen.It's become more difficult to import and export it, and there have also been two years of"poor fishing," Yoshihashi said.
The declining salmon population also represents a serious issue, said Shunpei Sato, from the Japan Fisheries Research and Educational Agency.
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