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Lawson's 'Corn-Only Bento' Draws Pity in China and Pushback in Japan
A roughly ¥300 Lawson lunchbox with only corn over rice, part of its 'one-ingredient' series set to go on sale Sept 22, was pitied on China's Weibo as 'worse than chicken feed' and a sign of Japanese hardship. Japanese users split between explaining it as a novelty product, hitting back at China's food-safety and wealth gaps, and admitting their own rising prices sting.