Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato welcomed Singapore's policy of completely abolishing import restrictions on Japanese food products, and continued to ease or abolish the restrictions on 14 countries and regions based on scientific evidence. I showed the idea of working on.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced in a telephone meeting with Prime Minister Suga on the 25th that he would completely abolish the ongoing import restrictions on Japanese food products following the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Did.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said at a press conference on the morning of the 26th, "We have been persistently working on the early abolition by explaining to the Singaporean government that Japanese foods are safely managed on a series of occasions based on scientific evidence. By the way, I would like to welcome you. "
On that basis, he said that import restrictions are currently being maintained in 14 countries and regions. I will go. "