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【Series】 The Chernobyl disaster, 27 years of building trust: Part 2 – Multiple inspections serve to ensure food safety in restaurants (Aug. 7, 2013)
Tomokatsu Sowa Gomel, the second largest region in Belarus where more than 70,000 residents were forced to evacuate after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident in 1986, has been recovering from the disaster helped by government’s reconstruction projects. In 2008, Europe, a large-scale amusement center with a casino and a dance hall, opened in Gomel, the main city in the region, becoming a popular entertainment spot for young people. In restaurants in the center, waiters serve dishes such as salad sprinkled with grated cheese and neatly dished up pork, and pour berry juice into glasses. In Gomel region, food and drinks served in restaurants also have to go through inspections. … Continue reading
【Series】 The Chernobyl disaster, 27 years of building trust : Part 1 – Government-led efforts to secure food safety (Aug. 6, 2013)
Tomokatsu Sowa In July, a delegation of farmers and citizens recruited by Fukushima city visited Belarus and Ukraine that were affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident which occurred in Ukraine in 1986. A Japan Agricultural News reporter who accompanied the delegation writes about the people who are still struggling with radioactive substances to recover food safety 27 years after the accident. In the Komarovski market in Minsk, the capital city of Belarus located some 340 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, roughly 2,000 vegetable and fruit stalls stand next to each other in a 30,000-square-meter land. The state-operated market, centered upon a building with an undulating roof, is … Continue reading
【Series】 TPP – Underlying motive of the U.S.: report on anti-TPP lawmakers’ visit to the U.S. Part 4 （May 17, 2013）
Part 4; U.S. Congress aims to give White House free hand to negotiate TPP Takanori Okabe “I would like to see a bipartisan trade promotion authority bill introduced by June,” United States Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said in his opening statement at a hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact held on Wednesday, April 23, as the Japanese delegation of anti-TPP policymakers looked on. In the U.S., Congress basically has the authority over trade policies. TPA, previously known as fast track, gives the President the authority for a limited period of time to negotiate trade agreements that Congress cannot amend. It expired in July 2007, and without the … Continue reading
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【Series】 TPP – Underlying motive of the U.S.: report on anti-TPP lawmakers’ visit to the U.S. Part 3 (May 15, 2013)
Part 3; Draft texts for the agreement are kept under the covers Takanori Okabe Some congressmen and their assistants have access to the draft of the text being negotiated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks. The delegation of Japanese anti-TPP lawmakers was shocked on Tuesday, April 23, the second day of its visit to the United States, when the group heard this from an assistant to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a long-serving Republican. Delegation members were shocked to know that the negotiating texts are actually made available to some U.S. policymakers, although the TPP participants were said to have signed a confidentiality agreement at the outset of the negotiations which … Continue reading
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【Series】 TPP – Underlying motive of the U.S. : report on anti-TPP lawmakers’ visit to the U.S. Part 2 (May 14, 2013)
Part 2; U.S. auto industry is still not happy Takanori Okabe In the bilateral preparatory negotiations between Japan and the United States concerning Japan’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, the two nations struck a deal, with Japan making significant concessions in the automotive sector, including allowing U.S. car tariffs to be kept to the maximum extent. The U.S. auto industry, as well as Congress backed by the industry, however, is not happy with the agreement. When the delegation of Japanese anti-TPP lawmakers visiting the U.S. asked whether the U.S. auto industry will support Japan’s entry into the TPP talks under the conditions agreed in the preliminary negotiations, … Continue reading
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