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The Pioneers Who Spread Sushi Across America
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27:01 - 34:42 (07:40)

True World Foods, a Japanese food distributor founded by members of the Unification Church, played a key role in spreading sushi across America in the 1980s and 1990s, with a powerful shift in cultural influence as a result.

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True World Foods was instrumental in the growth of the sushi industry in the United States, expanding their reach and providing high-quality fish to chefs across the country.
27:01 - 29:09 (02:08)
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True World Foods
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True World Foods was instrumental in the growth of the sushi industry in the United States, expanding their reach and providing high-quality fish to chefs across the country. Their Japanese financiers helped to supercharge their expansion, resulting in a powerful cultural shift.

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The Pioneers Who Spread Sushi Across America
Episode
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’
Podcast
The Daily
The Unification Church is facing a power struggle between Sun Myung Moon's eldest living son, Hyun-jin Moon, and his devoted followers who support him as his only true successor.
29:09 - 32:20 (03:10)
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Unification Church
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The Unification Church is facing a power struggle between Sun Myung Moon's eldest living son, Hyun-jin Moon, and his devoted followers who support him as his only true successor. The True World Group's chief executive emphasizes that supporting True Parents and making an effort, including True World Foods' contribution, is doing heaven and earth restoration.

Chapter
The Pioneers Who Spread Sushi Across America
Episode
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’
Podcast
The Daily
The power struggle in the Unification Church has seen corruption, mediumship and rivals who plotted to get rid of the church's leader, and the founder's son arguing for a more global interfaith movement.
32:21 - 34:42 (02:20)
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Unification Church
Summary

The power struggle in the Unification Church has seen corruption, mediumship and rivals who plotted to get rid of the church's leader, and the founder's son arguing for a more global interfaith movement.

Chapter
The Pioneers Who Spread Sushi Across America
Episode
The Sunday Read: ‘The Untold Story of Sushi in America’
Podcast
The Daily