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This is what I heard from a very credible source on the subject. Apparently, I Japan the defenition was very specific and limited to "koi professionals are people who sell koi for profit". The U.S. version is "anyone who sells koi and all koi related products and services for profit". (These of course are summarized definitions.)
Here's an exapmple: What about my friend's wife who sells purses with "koi print" as the design or "koi shirts". They were telling me because of these, they could be considered professionals?!? How far to do we 'stretch' the rule???
Does anyone else know the "literal" translation of this rule; straight from Japanese to English. Maybe Brian can shed some light on it.
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