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(Bloomberg) — China has lifted a 2023 ban on imports of seafood from most parts of Japan, removing an irritant in relations with its neighbor by starting to implement a deal reached last September.
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Beijing will allow the import of seafood products from most of Japan to resume, according to a statement from the General Administration of Customs on Sunday. Products from 10 prefectures including Fukushima will remain barred, according to the statement, as they have been since the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011.
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That ban was extended to the rest of Japan in August 2023 after Tokyo announced it would start releasing wastewater from the wrecked power plant. Although the release had been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency, China argued the release would contaminate the seas with radioactivity and render seafood caught off Japan unsafe for human consumption.
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The IAEA has continued to test water around the plant, with the most recent report released reiterating that “the discharges as planned would have a negligible radiological impact to people and the environment.”
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China was one of the largest markets for Japanese seafood exporters and the ban has been a point of tension between the two countries.
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“China’s opposition to Japan’s discharge remains unchanged,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday. “We will continue to work with the international community to urge Japan to honor its commitments by taking long term actions and to effectively control the risks that come with the discharge.”
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—With assistance from Colum Murphy.
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(Updates with Foreign Ministry comments in final paragraph.)
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