Fukushima rice farmers begin exports for the first time since Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster

Aug 25, 2014, 05:10 PM

There was a huge economic as well as radioactive fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster in 2011.

The Fukushima explosion halted exports of rice grown in the area.

Now those exports have restarted. With some success.

A shipment of 300 kilos of rice sold out within two days at Singapore's biggest Japanese supermarket.

It could all help open up new international markets for Fukushima's struggling farmers.

The BBC's Ashleigh Nghiem reports from Singapore.