Japanese researcher says rising world demand for meat and agricultural products could force the country to a vegetarian lifestyle

(UPI) -- A Japanese researcher says rising world demand for meat and agricultural products could force the country back to a 1950s style diet.

Akio Shibata, director of the Marubeni Research Institute, told the Times of London that returning to a near-vegetarian diet is a worst-case scenario. But the newspaper says the government is taking his worst fears seriously: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060609-104134-8832r.