Only 4.9% of Consumers Hesitate to Buy Fukushima Products After Japan's Contaminated Water Discharge

Consumer Agency: Proportion Saying "Reluctant to Consume" Actually Decreases
"No Impact from Rumors about Marine Discharge"

After the discharge of contaminated water (treated water) from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a survey found that the number of consumers in Japan reluctant to purchase Fukushima-produced food actually decreased.

On the 7th, the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan announced the results of a consumer awareness survey conducted online over two days starting January 31 this year, revealing that only 4.9% of respondents hesitated to buy Fukushima-produced food due to radioactive materials.

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This is the lowest level among 17 surveys conducted from 2013, two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake (19.4%), up to this year. Last year also recorded the previous lowest rate of 5.8%.

The percentage of respondents who said they pay attention to the origin of food to buy products free of radioactive materials was 9.3%, down from 10.5% last year, also marking a historic low.

The survey targeted 5,176 consumers aged 20 to 60 from 11 regions including Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukushima Prefecture.

Yutaka Arai, Minister of the Consumer Affairs Agency, was quoted by local media as saying, "It is understood that there has been no impact from rumors related to the marine discharge."

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