Fukushima Food Fight Continues
Concerns and disputes over the safety of food from Fukushima and other nearby prefectures subject to fallout from the nuclear
Read moreConcerns and disputes over the safety of food from Fukushima and other nearby prefectures subject to fallout from the nuclear
Read moreA public meeting on the Taiwan government’s plan to ease a food ban on prefectures in Japan impacted by the
Read moreA rushed plan by the Taiwanese government to permit foods from Fukushima prefecture and nearby to be imported has caused
Read moreA massive category 5 typhoon is set to hit Taiwan Thursday night into Friday (Taiwan is 12+ hours on the
Read moreTaiwan is considering easing current restrictions on Japanese imports of food products from areas hit by radioactive contamination from the
Read moreTaiwan has announced that those companies that falsified origin labels to bypass importation regulations on Japanese foods will be banned
Read moreTwo men have been charged in Taiwan related to the importing of banned foods from Japan. The illegal importing of
Read moreTaiwan’s FDA published some new radiation testing results in the last week. On June 16, 2015 they found two samples
Read moreThanks to activists in Japan, we were made aware of ongoing Japanese food import testing being conducted in Taiwan. The
Read moreAfter the mislabeling scandal earlier in the year where Japanese food imports had falsified prefecture of origin labels, Taiwan’s new
Read moreMos Burger is in trouble in Taiwan for importing mislabeled food products to their stores in Taiwan. One of the
Read moreA food import customs broker has been arrested in Taiwan on charges he faked import testing and documents. This included
Read moreTaiwan has instituted new food import regulations after a recent scandal where mislabeled foods were imported and sold. It also
Read moreA recent discovery of banned Japanese foods being sold in Taiwan is causing considerable concern about the actual safety of
Read more45,000 people attended rallies around Taiwan Saturday in an effort to reform the country’s energy policy. Among the issues in
Read moreMETI will solicit more research work for ways to remove the melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi reactors including ways
Read moreTaiwan will continue to keep the region around Fukushima Prefecture as a “red” travel warning. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Read moreThe fourth nuclear plant reactors in Taiwan have been found to have failed containment tests. This has created considerable controversy
Read moreTritium levels at the Fukushima Daiichi site have jumped by 17 trillion becquerels since January. There is new concern that
Read moreProtests in Taiwan grew and continued on over the weekend. They have had some impact as the government at least
Read moreProtesters in Taiwan have been in action all week. Today they established a sit in on the anniversary of the
Read moreNo nukes protests in Taiwan started yesterday on Earth Day with some public gatherings in Taipei. By evening protesters had
Read moreActivists in Taiwan are trying to further lower the allowed level of radioactive contamination in food allowed for sale in
Read moreTaiwan, a country that is about 1/3 the land mass of the state of Kentucky has over 23 million residents.
Read moreThe head of the JAEA that runs the Monju reactor program has resigned after a massive string of failures and
Read moreTaiwan currently has 4884 MWe of nuclear power capacity by means of 3 active plants and 6 reactors, which makes up
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