Boris Johnson swigs can of peach juice from Fukushima
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from Environment | The Guardian on (#3AS2Q)
Foreign secretary drinks down gift from Japan's foreign minister in attempt to show food and drink from region is safe after triple nuclear meltdown
"Yum." That was foreign secretary Boris Johnson's verdict on a can of peach juice from Fukushima - a gift from his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono - during their meeting in London this week.
The moment, captured by Kono on his smartphone, was intended to prove that food and drink from Fukushima is safe, almost seven years after the triple nuclear meltdown.
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