The UK has become the third country, after Singapore and Malaysia, to import rice from Fukushima Prefecture since the March 2011 disaster at Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, The Japan Times reported on 19 June.
From this July, 1.9 tonnes of the grain—named Ten No Tsubu—will be exported by a Fukushima branch of the National Federation of Agriculture Cooperative Associations via a UK trading firm. The rice will be sold in London shops.
An official at the Fukushima Prefectural office explained: “It’s bright news for Fukushima, which has been struggling with the import restrictions”.