Radioactive Japanese Cars Are Still Surfacing In Asian Markets

A total of 70 used cars imported from Japan and found to have increased levels of radiation are being stored in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and cannot be sent back, according to Silk Road Reporters citing local news outlets. Car retailers in Kyrgyzstan, who have been importing significant numbers of used cars from Japan for resale in the country, have been finding cars that exhibit levels of radiation above normal. Several batches of cars have been seized by the government during the last three years and have at times been sent back to Japan through an agreement with the Japanese government. However, irradiated cars keep turning up in Bishkek, the capital, and not all of them are being detected in a timely manner.

"These cars cannot be dispatched back. Neither China nor Japan will accept them. For this reason, we have to keep them here and deal with their further disposal," Tolo Isakov, director of the Disease Prevention Department in Bishkek, told the AKIpress news outlet, according to Silk Road Reporters.
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JDMUSMuscle - 7/15/2014 6:08:31 PM

+2 Boost

One word, Fukushima.

It is very unfortunate, but Japan's issue with radiation is not over yet it seems.

I heard more and more people from the Eastern part of Japan are moving to the Western part of it, or just moving out of the country.

It seems like the only one that has no problem selling their products in the end is the European countries.

MattDarringer - 7/15/2014 9:10:54 PM

+1 Boost

No doubt Godzilla will return...again!