Taiwan, Japan To Talk Lifting Ban on Produce Linked to Radiation Concerns

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A Japanese lawmaker has said he hopes to discuss lifting all import restrictions on the country's agricultural goods with Taiwan's Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu later this month.

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00:00A Japanese legislative official hopes that Taiwan will lift all restrictions on his country's

00:05produce. I heard legislative speaker Han Goyue is visiting Expo 2025 in Japan at the end of

00:14September. I welcome him wholeheartedly and would like to reiterate our request for Taiwan to open

00:19imports of produce from the five prefectures. Taiwan's legislature is discussing lifting a

00:25ban on all food items from areas affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

00:31Furuya was speaking with a delegation of 27 KMT lawmakers from Taiwan looking to boost bilateral

00:37trade ties. Meanwhile, Japan's state minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Takanami

00:43Hirufumi, is in Taiwan, possibly to discuss the ban.

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