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October 14, 2012 4:46 AM
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Food co-op sues Tepco over soiled reputation | The Japan Times Online

Food co-op sues Tepco over soiled reputation | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Nanohana Seikyo — a Chiba Prefecture food distribution cooperative with about 11,500 members — made headlines last month when it took on the role of David by suing the corporate Goliath that is Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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August 23, 2012 5:14 AM
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Rice cesium levels to go online | The Japan Times Online

Rice cesium levels to go online | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
The Fukushima Prefectural Government plans to launch an online system that allows consumers to check the radioactivity of raw rice, it was learned Wednesday.
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July 24, 2012 2:51 AM
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Fukushima octopuses back on the market | The Japan Times Online

Fukushima octopuses back on the market | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Octopuses caught off northern Fukushima Prefecture were auctioned Monday at the Sendai City Central Wholesale Market, marking the first time since the nuclear disaster erupted in March 2011 that seafood from the area has been marketed outside it.
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June 26, 2012 6:51 AM
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Fukushima tests seafood demand in local trial sale | The Japan Times Online

Fukushima tests seafood demand in local trial sale | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Octopus and whelks caught off Fukushima were showcased in a trial sale Monday at supermarkets and other stores in the city of Soma, making it the first local seafood put on the market since the Fukushima nuclear disaster erupted in March...
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May 31, 2012 10:41 PM
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Fukushima farmers pray for cesium-free rice | The Japan Times Online

Fukushima farmers pray for cesium-free rice | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Last year's crop is still sitting in storage and deemed unsafe to consume, but Toraaki Ogata is busy planting rows of seedlings at his rice paddies in the city of Fukushima, continuing his family's proud, six-generation history of farming...
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April 2, 2012 10:31 AM
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Fishy help? Controversy over Japan food aid from tainted areas — RT

Fishy help? Controversy over Japan food aid from tainted areas — RT | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
A year on from Fukushima, Japan is struggling to convince consumers that fish from contaminated areas is safe.
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March 17, 2012 5:12 AM
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Tokyo eateries lend Tohoku a hand | The Japan Times Online

Tokyo eateries lend Tohoku a hand | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Tokyo restaurants have started giving their patrons a chance to support Tohoku reconstruction by serving up traditional food and drink from the region and buying produce from farmers and fishermen there.

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March 4, 2012 5:45 PM
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Fukushima’s fallout: Farmers suffer as buyers reject food even though it’s...

Fukushima’s fallout: Farmers suffer as buyers reject food even though it’s... | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Farmers near stricken nuclear plant are growing wholesome, safe food.
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February 27, 2012 5:07 AM
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Japan Food campaign is operated by Dentsu.inc | Fukushima Diary

Japan Food campaign is operated by Dentsu.inc | Fukushima Diary | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
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August 26, 2012 7:45 AM
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Fukushima starts radiation checks on all rice | The Japan Times Online

Fukushima starts radiation checks on all rice | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
The Fukushima Prefectural Government is now checking all bags of rice for radiation.
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August 5, 2012 1:31 PM
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Japanese rice from Down Under forges new hope from historical links | The Japan Times Online

Japanese rice from Down Under forges new hope from historical links | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
"I think I can create a farming environment that can give hope to Fukushima farmers."...
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July 20, 2012 5:48 AM
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Japanese Consumers Reconsidering Rice Loyalty

Japanese Consumers Reconsidering Rice Loyalty | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Prompted by declining incomes, as well as fears about radiation, more Japanese consumers and businesses are fighting for the tiny available amounts of imported rice.
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June 3, 2012 11:24 AM
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Serving tuna with a Geiger counter - OregonLive.com

Serving tuna with a Geiger counter - OregonLive.com | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
The GuardianServing tuna with a Geiger counterOregonLive.comThe finding reported last week that bluefin tuna caught off southern California carried low levels of nuclear radiation from Japan was another signal the world's food chain could be...
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May 26, 2012 9:30 AM
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New Queensland rice growing industry being developed by Japanese tsunami farmers | Australian Food News

New Queensland rice growing industry being developed by Japanese tsunami farmers | Australian Food News | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Tsunami-devastated farmers from Fukishima in Japan have made North Queensland the home for a new source of Japanese-produced rice and are celebrating the...
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March 31, 2012 3:04 AM
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Officials gird for more food testing | The Japan Times Online

Officials gird for more food testing | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
With much stricter regulations on radioactive cesium in food about to take effect, authorities in the Tohoku and Kanto regions said Friday they are ready to increase the number of food samplings to win the trust of consumers.

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March 13, 2012 3:15 AM
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Fukushima Straw-Wrapped Tofu Recipe (Tsuto Tofu) - Viet World Kitchen

Fukushima Straw-Wrapped Tofu Recipe (Tsuto Tofu) - Viet World Kitchen | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting” is one of my favorite quotes by 18th century philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke.

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March 3, 2012 7:50 PM
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Food must be cleansed, Chernobyl expert warns | The Japan Times Online

Food must be cleansed, Chernobyl expert warns | The Japan Times Online | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
A Russian expert on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster has told a symposium in Aomori Prefecture that it is imperative to cleanse food of radioactive substances emitted by the Fukushima No.
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