Japan asks EU to lift restrictions put on exports after 2011 disaster

Farm minister Tetsuro Nomura on Friday asked his European Union counterpart to lift restrictions placed on some of Japan's agricultural exports following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster.In a meeting in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, Nomura asked EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski to swiftly remove restrictions on products such as seafood and wild mushrooms from northeastern Fukushima Prefecture.The restrictions were implemented after a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered multiple-reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power station.In a separate meeting, …READ FULL ARTICLE