Both China and Taiwan have imposed restriction on food imports from Japanese prefectures affected by the 2011 Fukushima meltdown
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/26
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is currently in the midst of
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) (By Associated Press)
his sojourn to China, which began yesterday, Oct. 25.
Abe is the first Japanese prime minister to visit China for 11 years. Reports suggest the leader intends to sign a large number of deals with Beijing during his visit, one of which could be to lift China’s ban on “nuclear food.”
China currently restricts the import of foods produced in 10 Japanese prefectures due to concerns about nuclear radiation after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which was initiated by the devastating tsunami that hit the country in 2011.
Taiwan also placed a restriction on food imports from five Japanese prefectures under Ma Ying-jeou in 2011. [FULL STORY]
