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Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake
August 29, 2011(PM)
[Provisional Translation]
Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary (Excerpt)
Opening Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano
CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY EDANO: First, I have one matter to report on. It is regarding shipping restrictions. Today, based on Paragraph (3), Article 20 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, I ordered the Fukushima Prefecture Governor to abstain from shipping any yuzu fruit (citrus junos) produced in Fukushima City or Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Meanwhile, today, I also gave orders to the Kanagawa Prefecture Governor to remove shipping restrictions on tea produced in Minamiashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. For more information please forward your inquiries to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
(Abridged)
