Nikkei Asian Review
http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Singapore-lifts-ban-on-food-imports-from-FukushimaMay
31, 2014 5:56 pm JST
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- Singapore has
decided to lift a ban on food imports from Japan's Fukushima
Prefecture, which hosts the crisis-hit nuclear plant, Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday at a meeting with his
visiting Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
In response, Abe
expressed his gratitude to Lee and said, "It gives Fukushima great
courage," Japanese government officials said.
Singapore stopped
importing Fukushima-made food products after the massive earthquake
and tsunami of March 2011 triggered one of the world's worst
nuclear disasters at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern
Japan.
Abe and Lee,
meeting on the sidelines of an Asia security conference in the city
state, agreed on the need to resolve international disputes
peacefully amid China's territorial claims against neighboring
countries in the South China Sea.
The two prime
ministers also confirmed a plan to revise a bilateral economic
partnership agreement that took effect in 2002 with the aim of
further promoting trade and investment between the two nations.
Abe announced the
EPA review plan at a joint press conference with Lee, following
their summit talks.
Japan and Singapore
have strong economic ties. Singapore was the first country with
which Japan put into force a bilateral free trade agreement.
