US EditionChina set to resume imports of Japanese seafood halted over Fukushima water discharge
FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, MAY 29 – Japan and China agreed on technical steps to restart seafood exports excluding Fukushima, with China accounting for over 20% of Japan’s seafood market before the 2023 ban.
- On May 30, 2025, China and Japan reached an agreement to restart shipments of Japanese seafood products, signaling progress toward lifting a nearly two-year trade ban.
- The ban followed Japan's release of treated and heavily diluted radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi starting in August 2023, which raised safety concerns.
- The resumption agreement was reached during a meeting between Japanese and Chinese officials in Beijing, including technical exchanges on safety standards and export certifications.
- Japanese Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called the resumption "one important milestone," while China cited substantial progress and outlined that exports will restart after completing paperwork.
- The import resumption could ease diplomatic tensions and economic impacts on Japan's fisheries, though China's ban on products from Fukushima and other prefectures remains in place.
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China will resume imports of fishery products from Japan that it banned in 2023 due to concerns about the discharge into the sea of treated but slightly radioactive waste water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a Japanese official said on Friday.
China has reached an agreement to resume seafood imports from Japan, which were halted nearly two years ago due to the release of wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Japan says China will resume Japanese seafood imports
China will resume Japanese seafood imports that it banned in 2023 over worries about Japan's discharge of treated but slightly radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, a Japanese official said Friday. The issue has been a significant political and diplomatic point of tension for the…
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