KMT lawmakers urge referendum on Japanese importsTAIPEI, Taiwan -- The fate of a ban on food imports produced in nuclear-affected regions of Japan should be decided by referendum, Kuomintang (KMT) legislators said Thursday. KMT Legislator Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) accused the government of being weak, saying, it "just wants to suck up to" Tokyo. "The government is seeking an economic partnership with the Japanese by compromising on the food ban," Hsu said. The food ban was imposed in 2011 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The original name drafted by the Cabinet was "public hearing on the safety and risk of Japanese food imports."

Source: The China Post December 01, 2016 17:58 UTC