- South Korea will launch its own food program for athletes and representatives of the Tokyo Olympics.
- The country is concerned that its athletes will obtain radioactive components from Fukushima Prefecture, which suffered a nuclear disaster in 2011.
- Japanese people criticized this decision online, and a politician said it “traveled on the hearts of Fukushima residents.”
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South Korea will launch its own separate food plan for its athletes and representatives at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because of concerns that they might consume irradiated ingredients. According to Yonhap News Agency.
At least two years, The country is concerned about the possibility of its delegation eating food from Fukushima Prefecture, Suffered by nuclear disaster in 2011.
Japanese authorities It will be safe to insist on using foods made from raw materials purchased from within the prefecture When serving in the Olympics, but The South Korean Olympic Committee said last year It will still import local ingredients and use radiation detectors to inspect food.
The country seems ready to act in accordance with its plan. It has sent 14 chefs to Japan to prepare 420 meals a day for Olympic athletes and employees. It also brings Korean kimchi, According to the Japan Times.
According to The Times, as promised, South Korea also plans to conduct radiation inspections on locally sourced raw materials.
Sato Masahisa, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, told reporters Japanese Paper Yomiuri Shimbun South Korea’s food plan “traveled on the hearts of the residents of Fukushima.”
Japanese comments online Criticize South Korea’s decision, calling it “disappointing” and “unpleasant.”
Tomohisa Ishikawa, director of the Macroeconomic Research Center of the Japan Research Institute, worries that South Korea’s move will damage the reputation of Japanese agriculture.
“Fukushima farmers are making great efforts for safety and should properly protest. In fact, we produce a lot of high-quality products,” he wrote.
ShinichiThe author of the Japanese magazine “Korea Report” stated that these recent developments are “unpleasant” not only for Fukushima, but also for Japan as a whole.
This year’s Olympic dilemma in Japan and South Korea is not just food. According to reports, the South Korean team was recently instructed to remove banners mentioning past conflicts with Japan from their balcony in the Olympic Village. Reuters on Saturday.
