EDITORIAL: Each Fukushima water leak weakens faith in Japan's food safety

[yuiyoshida]

Japan’s dispute with South Korea over its import restrictions on Japanese seafood imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is now going to the World Trade Organization.

Following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, South Korea banned imports of some marine products caught in waters off Fukushima and seven other prefectures, mainly areas along the Pacific coast between Aomori and Chiba prefectures. Then in autumn 2013, Seoul expanded the scope of the ban to include all marine products from these prefectures.

The Japanese government responded to the move by criticizing the measure for “lacking a scientific basis.”

Tokyo has been demanding that the measure be withdrawn while cooperating with Seoul’s investigations. But the two countries have failed to resolve their disagreements, and Japan has asked the WTO to set up a dispute-settlement panel comprising experts from third countries to rule over South Korea’s import ban.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/editorial/AJ201509070016

[Ford_Prefect]

1. Fukushima is not under control. But officially they cannot admit to that.

For that same reason they're allowing people back into contaminated areas. They pretend that it is "safe" and the public is expected to believe them. Die-offs in northern Pacific aren't related to Fukushima radiation and water releases/leaks??? The corrupt bureaucracy that built the plant and hid its flaws from public review now expects that because they insist it is safe we must agree.

All this to save the Nuclear industry from embarrassment and culpability.