Japan Screen Topics, 81-6: Japan’s Food Supply, Marine “Mechanimals,” Rabbit Island, Tokyo’s Gala Festival (1981)

Duration: 0:10:52

Year Published: 1981

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This episode of Japan Screen Topics has segments on the food supply in Japan, aquatic robots, Rabbit Island, and a festival in Tokyo. “Japan’s Food Supply” highlights some of the ways food makes its way to the Japanese consumer. It shows markets, farms, shipping, and agricultural scientists. “Marine ‘Mechanicals’” is about aquatic robots and the marine life forms that inspired the robot designers. “Rabbit Island” records the feral rabbits of Okunoshima and the people who feed and care for them. “Tokyo’s Gala Festival” shows a parade and celebration. Established in 1961, Japan Screen Topics is a monthly publicity series produced by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Now known as Japan Video Topics, the program is distributed via Japanese embassies and consulates to organizations in over 100 countries.