Japan: Just received notice from China, suspending the import of Japanese seafood products.

According to Japan's NHK, the Chinese government has formally notified Japan that it will suspend the import of Japanese seafood products. NHK reported that this may be one of the countermeasures taken by the Chinese government against the previous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Takayoshi Kato regarding "Taiwan's affairs."

Japanese government officials revealed that China informed Japan of this decision on the same day, stating that an assessment of the monitoring of nuclear wastewater treatment at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was needed. According to Kyodo News, this decision was conveyed through official diplomatic channels in the morning of the same day.

Since August 2023, when the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant began discharging treated nuclear wastewater into the sea, China issued an import ban on Japanese seafood products. In June this year, China announced the resumption of imports of seafood products from 10 prefectures excluding Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. At the beginning of this month, Japan had just restarted exports of scallops, sea cucumbers, and other products to China.

NHK speculated that China's suspension of imports of Japanese seafood products may also be related to Prime Minister Takayoshi Kato's erroneous statements regarding Taiwan.

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