江藤農水相「風評被害まだ残る」　福島を初視察

　江藤拓農林水産相は２０日、今月の就任後初めて福島県を訪問し、沿岸自治体の事業者らと意見交換した。視察後に記者団の取材に応じ、「事業者との話でショックだったのは県産品への風評被害がまだ残っているということ。支援の必要性を痛感した」と強調。東京電力福島第１原発の処理水海洋放出などを受けた風評被害対策に引き続き取り組む姿勢を示した。（2024/11/20-16:23）

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto on Wednesday made his first visit to Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, since he took office this month, holding talks with local business owners.
   "What I found shocking during the talks was that there still seems to be reputational damage for products from the prefecture," the minister told reporters there. "I felt that support is essential."
   He indicated that the government will work on measures to deal with reputational damage over the release into the sea of tritium-containing treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.
   At a fish market in the city of Iwaki in the morning, Eto had talks with Tetsu Nozaki, head of the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, and others.
   "I received a strong request to continue support," Eto said, referring to an aid project for fishery operators that expires at the end of the next fiscal year. "We will work to meet it."