One of six nuclear reactors impacted by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan seemed to stabilize on Saturday, as officials struggled to restore electricity to the affected plant to cool it to prevent further catastrophe. Engineers reported some progress after five fire trucks threw water for about three hours a reactor number 3, widely regarded as the most dangerous in the devastated Fukushima Daiichi plant, due to its use of plutonium, a highly toxic element.
"The situation is stabilizing in some way there," said Cabinet Secretary, Yukio Edan, in a press conference. Japan also reported its first food contamination since the devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March that left nearly 18,000 people lost or missing people in landfills became filled with debris and caused a nuclear emergency.
Japan ordered a halt in sales of all food products Fukushima Prefecture, said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that radioactive iodine found in foods represents a short-term risk to human health. The weak radiation was also found in tap water in Maebashi, 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.
But he argued that these high radiation levels have not posed a risk to human health, according to the IAEA, but surely it will increase the scrutiny of Japanese food exports, especially in Asia, its largest market. Restaurants in Singapore and are considering importing the sushi, sashimi and other Japanese ingredients from other countries.
Embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan surveyed the opposition, which only hours before the earthquake had tried to remove from office, to see if it was possible to establish a national unity government to deal with the crisis. But the leader of the largest opposition party rejected the idea. 
"The situation is stabilizing in some way there," said Cabinet Secretary, Yukio Edan, in a press conference. Japan also reported its first food contamination since the devastating earthquake and tsunami on 11 March that left nearly 18,000 people lost or missing people in landfills became filled with debris and caused a nuclear emergency.
Japan ordered a halt in sales of all food products Fukushima Prefecture, said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that radioactive iodine found in foods represents a short-term risk to human health. The weak radiation was also found in tap water in Maebashi, 100 kilometers north of Tokyo, Kyodo News reported.
But he argued that these high radiation levels have not posed a risk to human health, according to the IAEA, but surely it will increase the scrutiny of Japanese food exports, especially in Asia, its largest market. Restaurants in Singapore and are considering importing the sushi, sashimi and other Japanese ingredients from other countries.
Embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan surveyed the opposition, which only hours before the earthquake had tried to remove from office, to see if it was possible to establish a national unity government to deal with the crisis. But the leader of the largest opposition party rejected the idea.
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