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Frank Kusters
October 14, 2012 4:46 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
August 23, 2012 5:14 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
July 24, 2012 2:51 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
June 26, 2012 6:51 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
May 31, 2012 10:41 PM
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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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Frank Kusters
April 2, 2012 10:31 AM
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A year on from Fukushima, Japan is struggling to convince consumers that fish from contaminated areas is safe.
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Frank Kusters
March 17, 2012 5:12 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
March 4, 2012 5:45 PM
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Farmers near stricken nuclear plant are growing wholesome, safe food.
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Frank Kusters
February 27, 2012 5:07 AM
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Frank Kusters
August 26, 2012 7:45 AM
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The Fukushima Prefectural Government is now checking all bags of rice for radiation.
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Frank Kusters
August 5, 2012 1:31 PM
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"I think I can create a farming environment that can give hope to Fukushima farmers."...
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Frank Kusters
July 20, 2012 5:48 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
June 3, 2012 11:24 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
May 26, 2012 9:30 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
March 31, 2012 3:04 AM
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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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Frank Kusters
March 13, 2012 3:15 AM
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“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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Frank Kusters
March 3, 2012 7:50 PM
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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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