Japan Urges Russia to Lift Food Embargo Imposed Over Radioactivity Fears

© AFP 2023 / TORU HANAI Men wearing protective suits and masks work in front of welding storage tanks for radioactive water, under construction in the J1 area at the Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma in Fukushima prefecture. (File)
Men wearing protective suits and masks work in front of welding storage tanks for radioactive water, under construction in the J1 area at the Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma in Fukushima prefecture. (File) - Sputnik International
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Tokyo hopes that Moscow will revise the ban on the Japanese food imports that has been in place since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japanese Ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki said Friday.

A staff member of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) speaks to journalists in front of the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The diplomat was speaking at an event in Japan’s Moscow Embassy timed to the fifth anniversary since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima power plant, which caused tonnes of radioactive water to leak into the ocean.

"Japan and Russia are looking for ways to work together to resolve the issue of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Russia has not yet lifted restrictions on food imports. I am asking for your assistance in resolving these issues," Ambassador Kozuki said.

He thanked Russia for emergency support it offered to Japan in the wake of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami, which crippled the Fukushima power plant and killed 15,894 people. Further 2,562 victims are still missing.

A recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, an independent nuclear watchdog, showed that radioactivity levels in fish caught near the affected Fukushima prefecture were within Japan’s regulatory limits.

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