TOKYO: Japan pressed Singapore to ease its ban on Fukushima food imports, following the European Union’s move to relax restrictions on imports from the area, according to media reports on Sunday. Japanese Agriculture Minister Hiroshi Moriyama said the Asian financial hub would take ‘proactive’ steps to meet Tokyo’s request, after holding talks with Singapore’s minister for national development, reported

Jiji Press. On Saturday the EU began easing restrictions on Japanese food imports imposed after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Under the previous rule, the EU required all food products, excluding alcohol, from Fukushima prefecture to come with radiation inspection certification.