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S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

OSONG, South Korea - Kenji Kagawa (R front), director general of the Japanese Fisheries Agency's Resources Enhancement Promotion Department, meets officials at South Korea's Food and Drug Safety Ministry in Osong on Sept. 16, 2013. Japan asked South Korea to lift its latest import ban on fisheries products from Japanese prefectures imposed amid concern over leaks of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

OSONG, South Korea - Kenji Kagawa, director general of the Japanese Fisheries Agency's Resources Enhancement Promotion Department, visits South Korea's Food and Drug Safety Ministry in Osong on Sept. 16, 2013. Japan asked South Korea to lift its latest import ban on fisheries products from Japanese prefectures imposed amid concern over leaks of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Gov't rebukes Fujiya for using old ingredients, not providing data

Gov't rebukes Fujiya for using old ingredients, not providing data

TOKYO, Japan - Fujiya Co. President Rintaro Fujii (R) listens to Kiyomichi Fujisaki (back to the camera), Food Safety Department director general of the health ministry, at the ministry on Jan. 17. The health and farm ministries rebuked the confectionery maker for using out-of-date ingredients for cream puffs and other sweets. ''The scandal could affect consumers' confidence in food products on sale and is extremely regrettable,'' Fujisaki told Fujii, who has offered to resign.

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Nakagawa (L), head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry's Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, and J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shake hands at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23 before they start talks on safety measures the United States is taking for its beef following the outbreak of mad cow disease there.

Experts call for measures to avert economic crisis in Africa

STORY: Experts call for measures to avert economic crisis in Africa DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Regional Economic Outlook STORYLINE: Financial experts on Tuesday called for the effective implementation of measures in order to avert an economic crisis in Africa. Catherine Pattillo, deputy director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, that the global recession coupled with rising food and energy prices is likely to impact the region's most vulnerable residents. "African policymakers should prioritize interventions that boost social safety nets as one of the avenues toward sustainable economic recovery," Pattillo said during a discussion on the IMF's Regional Economic Outlook. She noted that the implementation of fiscal consolidation will help reduce budget deficits as well as external borrowing costs. Pattillo also called for enhanced domestic resource mobilization

Gov't rebukes Fujiya for using old ingredients, not providing da

Gov't rebukes Fujiya for using old ingredients, not providing da

TOKYO, Japan - Fujiya Co. President Rintaro Fujii (R) listens to Kiyomichi Fujisaki (back to the camera), Food Safety Department director general of the health ministry, at the ministry on Jan. 17. The health and farm ministries rebuked the confectionery maker for using out-of-date ingredients for cream puffs and other sweets. ''The scandal could affect consumers' confidence in food products on sale and is extremely regrettable,'' Fujisaki told Fujii, who has offered to resign. (Kyodo)

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

Japan, U.S. begin discussing safety steps on BSE

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Nakagawa (L), head of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry's Food Safety and Consumer Affairs Bureau, and J.B. Penn, undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, shake hands at the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23 before they start talks on safety measures the United States is taking for its beef following the outbreak of mad cow disease there. (Kyodo)