Iluvbertie
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CasiraghiTrio said:Oh you never know. There could be some environmental crime committed by a Japanese company somewhere and he might take a stand.... Not saying I think that, but just playing devil's advocate. I am sure it was just a clash but you must admit that a stand against some violation of an environmental code would be something like his style! And if he ever did something like it, I'd applaud him on it all the way!
If he was boycotting the Japanese for environmental crimes - whaling comes to mind.
After the furore of the Japanese officials at the Whaling Commission meeting taking place at the moment saying that there is no real difference between whales and cows in the sense that Japanese eat whales (or a very small number of Japanese eat a very small amount of whales meat) while western societies eat meat from cows and that that is major news in Australia (who opposes commercial whaling).
Here are some links to stories about the Japanese and whaling:
Japan compares whales to cows | NEWS.com.au
Nations debate whale hunting | The Daily Telegraph
No threat to whaling ban: Turnbull | The Daily Telegraph
Japan's compromise whaling plan dismissed | The Daily Telegraph
Australia raps Japan over whaling | The Daily Telegraph
NB I am in no way suggesting that this is why Charles is in Scotland rather than in London but someone suggested an environmental issue and I have just given links to one at the moment.
Personally I suspect that it was simply a clash of scheduling and as the Crown Prince of Japan wasn't coming as well there was no real need for the Crown Prince of the UK to be there as well.