Tokyo says Taiwan eases import restrictions on Japanese food

Tokyo: Taiwan will ease restrictions on imports of Japanese food products including seafood from areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, To...

Tokyo: Taiwan will ease restrictions on imports of Japanese food products including seafood from areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo's ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said on Wednesday.

It comes after Beijing announced last week it would "gradually resume" importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the release of water from the power station hit by a tsunami in 2011.

"Today, the Taiwanese authorities announced the relaxation of import control measures for Japanese food products introduced following the accident at... Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant," a ministry statement said.

Taiwan's decision involves lifting import bans on products such as wild bird meat and mushrooms from five regions including Fukushima, on the condition that radioactive material inspection reports and certificates of origin be submitted, it said.

Marine products from the northeastern Iwate and Miyagi prefectures near Fukushima can be exported "without a radioactive material inspection report".