Governor of Fukushima Prefecture visits the United States to dispel rumors and promotes rice produced in the prefecture in Los Angeles

Governor Uchibori of Fukushima Prefecture visited the United States with the aim of expanding exports of rice produced in the prefecture and dispelling rumors caused by the nuclear accident. bottom.

Masao Uchibori, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, is visiting the United States for four days from the 17th, and is conducting top sales to expand sales channels for foods produced in the prefecture and eliminate rumors.

In his first visit to Los Angeles, he visited a Japanese supermarket and handed out rice cooked with the prefecture's original rice "Ten no Tsubu" to shoppers and asked them to taste it.

Next, I had a meeting with the person in charge of a company that operates 65 supermarkets in the United States, and agreed that the three parties, including JA Zennoh Fukushima, would export 100 tons of rice produced in the prefecture annually.

The U.S. government has abolished the import restrictions on 100 food items in 14 prefectures, including Fukushima and Miyagi, which had been in place since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

In Fukushima Prefecture, the release of "treated water" containing radioactive substances such as tritium accumulated at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea is planned from spring to summer this year, creating new rumors among producers in the prefecture. In the midst of this concern, the prefecture is strongly appealing the safety and attractiveness of the rice produced in the prefecture, and wants to build a sales channel in the huge American market.

Governor Uchibori said, "I believe that full-scale export of rice produced in the prefecture to the United States will become a symbol of Fukushima's recovery."

Consumers who tasted rice produced in Fukushima Prefecture

A local man who tasted rice from Fukushima Prefecture at a supermarket in Los Angeles said, "It's very sweet, the rice is cooked perfectly, and the grains don't stick together. rice field.

Another man said, ``With the release of treated water, people will definitely be concerned about food safety. I think people's mindset will change if they recognize it.Otherwise, it would be difficult to sell food produced in Fukushima.I'm not worried about it.I can eat this rice all day."