Govt. to decide on forest decontamination The Japanese government will compile guidelines soon for decontaminating forests tainted by radioactive materials from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Beef export to US will be resumed The United States has informed Japan that it is ready to resume imports of Japanese beef. Warning of asbestos risk in quake cleanup Health officials are warning people cleaning up earthquake and tsunami debris in northeastern Japan to be careful of exposure to harmful substances. Over 3 mil. elderly dementia patients in Japan Japan’s health ministry estimates more than 3 million elderly people in need ofnursing care suffer from dementia. The rising incidence of the disease is forcing the government to review its policies. #Radioactive Japan: Cherries from Fukushima City with 61.66 Bq/Kg of Radioactive Cesium ex-skf.blogspot.ca jciv.iidj.net fukushima-diary.com Japanese new propaganda “Eat fish” 28 Bq/Kg from Udon, “contaminated wheat” 130 Bq/kg from beef, still More hospital food will be from contaminated area soundaudiomusic.com NHK Special #36 Safe and Sweet Yamagata Cherries Bring Facts to Market Around 70% of cherries produced in Japan come from Yamagata Prefecture. However, the area has struggled to overcome an image problem caused by last year’s nuclear meltdown in Fukushima. The program follows the continuous hard work of farmers to grow high-quality fruit and the efforts of Yamagata’s governor to promote the prefecture’s produce. Cherry …