U.S. lifts post-Fukushima import restrictions on Japan farm products

The United States has lifted all of its restrictions on imports of food products from Japan established in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan's farm ministry said Wednesday.Under the restrictions, U.S. imports of a total of 100 agricultural products produced in 14 Japanese prefectures including Fukushima had been suspended.The other 13 prefectures were Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka.Welcoming the U.S. decision, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday on Twitter, "It is a move that peo…READ FULL ARTICLE