Simon Wally is a passionate animal rights activist who started Foodfacts.jp, a website “...to inform the citizens of Japan (of) what the Japanese media are refusing to...”. Based in South Japan, Simon recently came to Tokyo where he shared his experience and message during a Tokyo Vegan Meetup Talk event. Asking him to be on the show was the obvious thing for me to do, and I am really grateful that Simon accepted to use some of his time in Tokyo to record our discussion.

This episode starts with Simon’s self introduction and how he gave up meat. We then discuss the three pillars of veganism, the birth of Foodfacts.jp, its place in the Japanese vegan activism scene, Extinction Rebellion, flexitarianism, the environmental cost of travelling, before ending by a few rapid fire questions.

It was a real pleasure to hear Simon express his feelings and opinions about all the topics we covered. I hope you will enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it.

Content

- Introduction

- 0:02:00 s - Simon’s self introduction

- 0:07:58 s - Becoming pescitarian

- 0:15:34 s - Simon’s take on the three pillars of veganism

- 0:20:33 s - The birth of Foodfacts.jp and the state of Japanese media

- 0:25:01 s - Simon’s vision of the future

- 0:27:41 s - Who is Foodfacts.jp meant for?

- 0:29:37 s - Foodfacts.jp and relations with other Animal Rights organizations

- 0:40:37 s - Every little action counts

- 0:47:21 s - Extinction Rebellion

- 0:56:40 s - Simon’s take on flexitarianism

- 1:02:36 s - About travelling by plane

- 1:12:18 s - The social cost of being vegan

- 1:15:26 s - Simon’s message to you

- 1:16:15 s - Rapid fire questions

Introduction BGM: "Corporate Japan" by Birocratic (http://birocratic.lnk.to/allYL)

Additional notes and links

- www.foodfacts.jp

- Simon’s FB profile: https://www.facebook.com/simon.whalley.509

- Extinction Rebellion: https://www.facebook.com/ExtinctionRebellion/

- Extinction Rebellion Japan: https://www.facebook.com/ExtinctionRebellionJapan/

- Tokyo Vegan Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/vegan-389/

- Vegan Tokyo: https://vegantokyo.org/

- ciplantgo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciplantgo/