US military begins Japan seafood purchases to counter China ban

US military in Japan get local seafood post-Fukushima

US military bases in Japan will offer service personnel local seafood in a gesture of support after China banned imports over worries about water discharges from Fukushima, the US embassy said Tuesday. Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific in August, 12 years after it suffered one […] The post US military in Japan get local seafood post-Fukushima appeared first on The Gu…

The US is buying up the Japanese seafood exports that China banned—but for how long?

The US military is helping Tokyo curb the economic fallout from China’s ban on seafood products from Japan.Read more...

The US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, said that the US military is buying Japanese seafood products in response to

Fukushima: US buys Japan seafood to counter China ban

The US military in Japan has started to bulk buy the country's seafood in response to a Chinese import ban after the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

US military starts bulk buying Japanese seafood to counter China’s ban

The first purchase of seafood by the US under the scheme involves just shy of a tonne of scallops – a tiny fraction of more than 100,000 tonnes of scallops that Japan exported to mainland China last year.

Fukushima: US buys Japan seafood to counter China ban

The US ambassador to Japan said Washington may also look into other ways to help counter China's ban.