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Lobcity · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In How Sushi Went Global, Bestor notes that Japan's control over sushi as a Japanese cultural entity

a. has diminished as it has become more widely available around the world, from baseball stadiums to fine dining establishments in the United States, and from apartments in Madrid to Buenos Aires.
b. has weakened, as many non-Japanese sushi bars that identify with other ethnicities have
opened in metropolitan areas outside of Japan.
c. is apparent in the use of Japanese buyers and tuna techs to instruct New England fishermen on the proper techniques to catch, handle, and pack tuna for export.
d. has diminshed; the number of U.S. visas granted to Japanese sushi chefs, tuna buyers,
and other workers in the global sushi business has dropped to under 200 a year.

Question 2

According to Guneratne and Bjork in Village Walks, Nepalese tourist companies characterize the Tharu as primitive forest dwellers untouched by civilization.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.