The European Union will ease its import restrictions on some Japanese food products introduced after the 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Japan’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday.
Exporters of bamboo shoots made in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the stricken plant, and cultivated mushrooms will no longer be required to submit certificates of radiation checks, effective from Oct. 10.
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