Beef is an interesting issue, because it's quite sensitive in Japan. It's not just the government negotiating and giving something in a strategic way. It's more the bureaucrat thinking how the politicians are able to handle the public. So it's a bigger game.
Ultimately, the way to move forward, first of all, is to check and see what the U.S. has. I forget whether they have been able to move to 21 months or if they're still at 30 months. If the U.S. has been able to get 21 months, that shows that public understanding has been pushed and that will give room for Canada. If it's not the case, then the solution is to find a way to make it easier for the politicians to face the public, to show that there is no health issue. It's not about just science, right? The public in Japan, or in Korea or Taiwan, actually, has become sensitive about beef—and similarly about GMOs—so it's something that's almost cultural and socio-economic.
So maybe engaging an NGO in Japan or getting a kind of label or finding a way to reassure the public in a credible way would then open the way for politicians to accept it.