Tag Archives: food safety

Fukushima agricultural exports bounce back from nuclear disaster to hit record high via The Japan Times

Posted on 2019/04/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – Exports of agricultural products produced in Fukushima Prefecture rose about 2 percent in fiscal 2018 to a record 217.8 tons, according to the prefectural government. […] In fiscal 2018, which ended last month, exports of peaches and Japanese persimmons … Continue reading →

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Nuclear challenge: How Japan has boosted food exports from disaster hit Fukushima – exclusive government interview via FoodNavigator-Asia

Posted on 2019/04/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japanese authorities have been engaging both tourists and foreign governments in a double-pronged strategy to promote food products produced in areas that were hardest hit by the nuclear disaster in 2011, according to a senior government official. FoodNavigator-Asia recently spoke … Continue reading →

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The Unlearned Lessons of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster via World Politics Review

Posted on 2019/03/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Elliot Waldman […] The following day, three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation, or TEPCO—which operated the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant when it took a direct hit from the tsunami—entered the district courthouse in Tokyo for the … Continue reading →

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As fears linger, Fukushima rice rebounds under anonymity via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2019/03/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By DAISUKE HIRABAYASHI/ Staff Writer FUKUSHIMA–Shipments of Fukushima rice have rebounded since the 2011 nuclear disaster, but Masao Matsukawa, a rice farmer in the prefecture, is not happy about the situation. Before the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 … Continue reading →

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Eight years after Fukushima’s meltdown, the land is recovering, but public trust is not via Washington Post

Posted on 2019/02/21 by nfield

By Simon Denyer […] The twin natural disasters in March 2011 killed 16,000 people, and the subsequent reactor explosions sent clouds of radioactive dust spewing over thousands of square miles of northern Japan, causing 165,000 people to flee their homes … Continue reading →

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Taiwan maintains ban on food from Fukushima disaster areas via Nikkei Asian Review

Posted on 2018/11/26 by nfield

TAIPEI (Kyodo) — Voters in Taiwan approved a referendum Saturday to maintain a ban on food products from five Japanese prefectures, imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, dealing a major blow to the government of President Tsai Ing-wen and … Continue reading →

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Despite the risks, holdouts refuse to abandon Ukraine’s radiation hotspots via PRI

Posted on 2018/08/27 by nfield

By Allison Herrera […] “Chernobyl was a beautiful place,” she says. “I don’t know why they put this disaster there.” In April 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor 4 exploded as scientists were conducting an experiment at the plant. The explosion sent clouds of … Continue reading →

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Made in Fukushima: Aided by rigorous radiation checks, farmers and fishermen struggle to win trust via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/08/02 by nfield

KORIYAMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelet, but the people preparing the food are not chefs — they are scientists testing produce from the Fukushima region. Seven years after the … Continue reading →

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Japan touts completion of Fukushima cleanup at tripartite environment meeting in China via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/06/24 by nfield

SUZHOU – Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa told his counterparts from China and South Korea on Sunday that radioactive decontamination work following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is “all done” except for so-called difficult-to-return-to zones. At the 20th Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting … Continue reading →

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Russia lifts ban on Japan seafood adopted after Fukushima crisis via The Japan Times

Posted on 2018/03/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia has lifted its ban on Japanese seafood imports adopted in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Moscow’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance on Friday approved seafood imports from six prefectures in northeastern and eastern Japan — … Continue reading →

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