Leaders of Japan, China, and South Korea munch "cherries, tomatoes, strawberries and cucumbers" grown in Fukushima as show of solidarity

The Atlanta Journal Constitution and The New York Times report that Premier Wen Jiabao of China, President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, and Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan munched on "cherries, tomatoes, strawberries and cucumbers," as well as leafy greens, all grown in Fukushima Prefecture since the nuclear power catastrophe began, in a nuclear evacuee shelter in Fukushima, Japan as a sign of solidarity and normality amidst the unprecedented disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. China and South Korea had previously expressed great alarm at Japan's discharge of large-scale hazardous radioactivity releases into the atmosphere and ocean. Both countries had banned certain Japanese food imports, especially from Fukushima prefecture. China had also taken action about contamination of its own food crops due to Fukushima fallout in the earliest weeks of the catastrophe. However, it must be remembered that Japan, South Korea, and China not only have many operating nuclear power plants already, but before the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, also had -- and may yet have -- dramatic expansion plans for nuclear power in their respective countries.