» Singapore decided to lift a ban on food imports from Fukushima

2014/05/31

Singapore has decided to lift a ban on food imports from Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on May 31st at a meeting with his visiting Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

Singapore stopped importing Fukushima-made food products after March 2011.

Japan and Singapore have strong economic ties. Singapore was the first country with which Japan put into force a bilateral free trade agreement.

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Singapore lifts ban on food imported from Fukushima (Japan Times)

Singapore lifts ban on food imports from Fukushima (Mainichi Newspaper)

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