Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

日本表示，对疾病的恐惧是其阻止生鲜进口的主要原因。

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This is a fear of cancer - the disease.

这是一种对于癌症这一疾病的恐惧。

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Fear of contagion, lack of knowledge that TB can be cured and the failure of communities to discuss the disease openly all play a role in fuelling this fear.

害怕被传染、缺乏有关结核病可能治愈的知识，以及社区不公开讨论这一疾病，这种种因素都起到助长这种恐惧心理的作用。

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Fear of the disease led many families to leave for the United States.

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"And my fear is, as we see more disease, we'll end up with more problems in our food supply."

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"It's also trying to overcome the fear of cholera, because it's a new disease and it's unknown and it strikes quickly,".

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For most youngsters, the fear of disease is not a sufficient motivation.

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The aims of the initiative include challenging public attitudes to cancer, and reducing the unecessary fear surrounding the disease.

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Japanese consumers are said (by politicians and bureaucrats, that is) to be either indifferent to how such protection reduces choice and raises prices, or to support protectionism because they fear contaminated and disease-bearing foreign products, and the vulnerability of Japan to blockages of agricultural product imports.

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