Charles E. McJilton: “Let’s make food available to anybody in need.”

... Affairs Council, Charles shares his experiences in starting the first food bank in Japan, his vision of global and regional cooperation and his advice for a country where the food bank concept has not yet taken hold. Interviewee: Charles E. McJilton Interviewer: Brian Yeung As a food banker, how do you see the food security problem in Japan? Within Japan itself, about 15 percent of the population lives below the relative poverty line, meaning that they make less than half the average income. There are almost 20 million people within Japan in that category. The basic definition of food ...