Okinawa is becoming the shelter of people who want to evacuate Japan but can’t for various of the reasons.
However, Fukushima local government is trying to sell their contaminated rice into this pure market.
Today vice-governor of Fukushima, Matsumoto Yusaku had a meeting with the vice-governor of Okinawa, Uehara Yoshiyuki.
The vice-governor of Fukushima stated they sell only safe rice that passed several tests. Fukushima rice is safe.
According to JA Fukushima, Okinawa is one of the major market which consumes about 6,000 tons of rice annually.
The vice-governor of Okinawa, Uehara said that they understood distributed Fukushima rice is safe. We want to have the citizens eat beautiful Fukushima rice to support Fukushima.
(Source)