The Lai administration will soon lift remaining restrictions on food imports from Fukushima disaster-affected Japanese prefectures. This includes Fukushima itself, as well as the prefectures of Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, and Tochigi...
After months of speculation, the Tsai administration announced the lifting of a longstanding ban on food imports from the Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba prefectures of Japan. The ban lasted for eleven years and was enacted after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which took place after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, as the five provinces were affected by radiation from the ban...
The issue of food imports from Japan’s Fukushima prefecture is expected to become a contested issue for the Tsai administration in the near future. This takes place in the wake of a December 2020 referendum that saw the DPP victorious, with the DPP’s positions on all four referendum questions winning out over the KMT, in addition to the referendum failing to meet benchmarks to be binding. Some reports suggest that the DPP will next move to lift the ban...
According to recent comments by Minister without Portfolio John Deng, who heads the Office of Trade Negotiations in the Executive Yuan, food imports from Fukushima are likely to prove an obstacle for efforts by Taiwan to join the CPTPP. Deng made similar comments in September, as well...
The CECC announced 175 domestic cases of COVID-19 today, along with 19 deaths. There are increasing reports in the media of sudden deaths that have taken place after COVID-19 vaccination, with 13 deaths claimed to have happened so far. The CECC responded to such reports today, seeing as these were individuals with preexisting conditions and, statistically, 260 individuals over 75 years old pass away every day. This overlaps with the fact that 70,000 to 80,000 individuals over 75 years old are vaccinated every day...
185 domestic cases were reported by the CECC at its press conference today, with no imported cases. Fifteen deaths were also reported. This is the second consecutive day in which the number of cases fell below 200, though it remains to be seen whether this is due to lower testing or represents downward trends...
174 domestic cases and one imported case were announced at the CECC press conference today. This is the first day since May 15th, when cases jumped to 180 from 29 overnight, that Taiwan has seen less than 200 daily cases. 26 deaths were announced...
