Fearing Fukushima contamination, S. Korea bans Japanese fishery imports
South Korean regulators have banned the import of 50 fishery products from eight Japanese prefectures because of lingering concerns of radiation contamination from the crippled Fukushima power plant. The announcement also called for tighter inspection of imports from elsewhere in Japan. The ban, which will begin Monday and will be instituted indefinitely, is an attempt to address “sharply increased concern in the public about the flow of hundreds of tons of contaminated water into the ocean” stemming from the Fukushima site, a spokesman for the South Korean Prime Minister’s office said.
The eight prefectures include Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Iwate, Tochigi, Chiba and Aomori.