Singapore to lift restrictions on food from Japan
Singapore s prime minister says his country will completely lift import restrictions on Japanese food products that were imposed in the wake of the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke by phone for about 20 minutes on Tuesday.
Suga welcomed the decision.
Suga also said he will work to ensure the fair global distribution of safe and effective coronavirus vaccines.
The leaders agreed to work together on a number of key issues ahead of an online summit-level meeting in June co-hosted by Japan and an international group that promotes vaccinations in developing countries.
Singapore to lift import restrictions on food from Japan s Fukushima
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday his country will remove its remaining import restrictions on food from Fukushima Prefecture imposed in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster, according to Japan s Foreign Ministry.
Suga welcomed the decision during a 20-minute phone call with Lee, as the leaders also affirmed cooperation in ensuring the fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, the ministry said. A fisherman lands fish at a port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2021. (Kyodo)
Singapore is among 54 countries and regions that placed restrictions on farm and fishery imports from Japan following the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi complex. The list has gradually thinned to 15, and many of those remaining have eased measures in steps.
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Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China, July 30, 2019.
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The United States and China must find ways to cooperate even if there is no full trust between them because if relations continue to plummet, the possibility of military conflict would have dire consequences for the rest of the world, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.
Speaking during an interview at the inaugural Global Forum on Economic Recovery, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (May 19), Lee said if the two countries clashed, “everything is to be lost”.
Very high standards : Singapore makes its stance against racism and fake news clear Very high standards : Singapore makes its stance against racism and fake news clear
Among growing concerns of racism against Indians in Singapore, the country has said it sets very high standards against racism or any bias.
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Singapore has made its stand against racism clear. (Source: mothership.sg)
“A small minority of Singapore’s residents is sowing racism against local and expatriate Indians in the same manner as the discrimination being imposed on Asian people in the United States,” warned the law and home affairs minister of Singapore, K. Shanmugam.
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Following the statements made by Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal regarding the “Singapore variant” of the COVID-19 virus, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has instructed the POFMA office to issue general correction direction to Facebook, Twitter and SPH Magazines (HardwareZone forum). The platforms are required to carry the correction notice to all end-users in Singapore who use Facebook, Twitter and HardwareZone.com regarding the falsehoods on “Singapore” strain.
MOH says it is “aware of a false statement circulating online by multiple media outlets and social media platforms”, which implies that a new, previously unknown variant of COVID-19 originated in Singapore and/or risks spreading to India from Singapore. The move comes two days after Kejriwal said that the new variant in Singapore is ‘very dangerous for children’. MOH further clarified that there are no new “Singapore” variant of COVID 19 and that