China News Service, December 24. According to Kyodo News Agency, the Agricultural Cooperative "JA Aizu Yotuba" in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture held a delivery ceremony for rice exports to the United States on the 24th.
In September, the United States lifted import restrictions on Japanese food after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
According to Fukushima Prefecture, after the nuclear accident, rice from the prefecture was exported to Southeast Asia and other countries, but this was the first time that it was exported to the United States.
This time the shipment is 140 kilograms of the county’s original product "Tianzhili".
The rice will be exhibited in the Japanese food event organized by the NPO and will be hosted in Los Angeles in March 2022.
Data Map: A large supermarket seafood sales area in Seoul, South Korea bans Japanese seafood.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
At the delivery ceremony, Masaichi Hasegawa, chairman of the Agricultural Cooperative, recalled that the damage to the image could not be eliminated.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, the United States is Japan’s third largest export destination for agricultural, forestry, and fishery products and food.
After the Fukushima nuclear accident, 55 countries and regions restricted Fukushima food imports, and 14 countries and regions remained after the US withdrew.