August 25/Tokyo/Agence France Presse -- Japan has lifted bans on beef from disaster-hit regions, a month after imposing restrictions over fears thousands of cattle had been contaminated in the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Bans on beef from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures were lifted after effective safety measures protecting livestock from contamination had been imposed, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said.