Japan and the United States will discuss what kind of prevention measures we will take, based on scientific evidence, and whether those measures will really be effective. - Japan Today

Agriculture ministry official Mitsuaki Mochizuki, briefing Hokkaido potato growers about its response to a U.S. request that Japan lift its ban on importing American potatoes. Japan currently bans imports of raw potatoes due to concerns over pests and diseases, except for some from the United States to be used for…