The recent Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio was very happy because he enjoyed the snacks brought by British Prime Minister when he visited London for the first time. What unexpectedly happened was that this time, Johnson actually brought Hualin Sugar produced in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Yes, it was the Fukushima that had an Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Hualin Sugar is made of Fukushima agricultural products. It is estimated that Kishida Jun would not eat that thing in Japan, but he might never expect that after traveling across the ocean, he could eat his hometown specialties in the UK. In order to promote the needs, the reporter took a picture of the two tasting Fukushima snacks together during the meeting, which was really eye-catching. So the question is, why do British people suddenly have the "good fortune" of eating Fukushima nuclear food? Is Fukushima nuclear food suitable for people?
(1) Why do British people suddenly have the pleasure of eating Fukushima nuclear food?
When it comes to Fukushima food, many people avoid it because after all, the Fukushima nuclear leak problem has not been resolved yet. The current Japanese government is basically lying flat and trying to pour nuclear sewage directly into the sea. Even nuclear sewage is so perfunctory, so everyone still has great doubts about whether Japanese Fukushima products can be eaten. So why did the British suddenly enjoy the good fortune of eating Fukushima food? The answer is very simple, that is, the UK will sign an agreement with the Japanese recently.
Recently, the United Kingdom and Japan have made the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), which will allow Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the British military to jointly carry out military training, joint exercises and disaster relief operations, which can further deepen the military cooperation between the two countries in the Indo-Pacific region. It can be said to be a standard military alliance agreement, aiming to simplify the procedures for Japan and Britain to enter each other's countries with weapons. However, it is worth mentioning that the United Kingdom is the first European country to sign the agreement with Japan. In order to deepen the relationship between the United Kingdom and Japan, the British government naturally has to make some sacrifices and concessions. For example, the UK is scheduled to officially lift the import restrictions on Fukushima food in June 2022, so that Fukushima food can be placed on the British table smoothly. This is also something that the Japanese government has been doing, that is, to persuade various countries to lift restrictions on Fukushima nuclear food. Of course, many countries are unwilling to pay attention to Japan.
(2) Is Fukushima nuclear food suitable for people?
Speaking of the restriction of Fukushima food, we have to start with the 3.11 Japan earthquake in 2011. At that time, due to the poor handling of Japan's Tokushima and the Japanese government, a very serious nuclear leak occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which caused Fukushima and the entire East Japan region to suffer disaster. Therefore, after the nuclear leakage incident broke out, a total of more than 50 countries and regions introduced relevant Japanese food import restrictions. Among them, the UK and EU both put forward such a requirement, that the maximum concentration of radioactive cesium in foods shall not exceed 100Bq/kg, and how can foods in ordinary countries contain radioactive cesium? What we are talking about is Fukushima nuclear food. At present, many countries around the world maintain a full import ban on Fukushima food.
In fact, the basic consensus around the world about Fukushima's agricultural products is that whether these things are really poisonous or not, they will not eat them anyway. Who knows if there are any side effects, and the Japanese themselves are unwilling to eat them. Not to mention eating Fukushima agricultural products, the Japanese don’t even want to drink Fukushima water. When former Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide was inspecting Fukushima, Japanese officials told him that the wastewater from the treated Fukushima nuclear power plant can be drunk, but Suga Yoshihide blew and insisted on not drinking it. The then chief Japanese cabinet secretary Kato Katsushiki was also unwilling to drink the treated nuclear sewage. He repeatedly emphasized that the amount of nuclear sewage that Japan is about to discharge is 1/7 of the drinking water of the World Health Organization , but he did not intend to drink this high-quality water, but said that drinking this treated nuclear sewage cannot scientifically explain the safety of nuclear sewage. Here we have to admire the Japanese's "rigor".
However, judging from the performance of Japanese senior officials such as Yoshihide Suga and Kato Katsushima, whoever drinks the nuclear sewage processed by Fukushima and eats Fukushima agricultural products will have some bad brains. After all, this is a agricultural product that Japanese senior officials dare not eat Fukushima. However, there are exceptions. British Prime Minister Boris seems to really like eating Fukushima things. In 2017, he drank the then Japanese Foreign Minister , Kono Taro , and he drank it with relish. It is no exaggeration to say that Boris really likes to eat Fukushima cuisine, so it is really possible that Boris is willing to open up the core food because he likes to eat it.
(3) Conclusion
In short, it is not yet concluded whether the Japanese can eat Fukushima agricultural products, but if you can, don’t eat them, you should leave such "mouth spokes" to the British people.
