THE Birth Certificate

Posted on May 13, 2011 in Hiroko's Blog

Everyone is aware of the controversy and the resolution of the President Obama birth certificate affair. Perhaps this has made everyone more aware of the status and uses of their own birth certificates. In Japan, where I am now, there is yet another important (?) side of the birth certificate issue. Here I’m talking about birth certificates for beef cattle!  Take a look at the photo accompanying this entry. That very official-looking document is the birth certificate that...

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