It is possible to measure the level of Intelligence and culture in an a Nation by how they treat animals.
Low IQ people with poor culture are to dumb to understand the suffering of animals, and sometimes even of other humans. Thus they often harm animals.
While a civilized Nation like Japan treats animals good.
Some S Korean people eat live squids and some S Korean people eat dogs and Japan is most likely more culturally similar to South Korea than China
Odorigui refers to the consumption of live seafood while it is still moving, or the consumption of moving animal parts.[1] Animals usually consumed in odorigui style include octopus, squids, ice gobies, and other similar animals. Consumption of live seafood without remarkable movements, such as sea urchins, is usually not included in odorigui.
Wikipedia article titled Odorigui