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China bans Japanese seafood over Fukushima nuclear waste water release
- Beijing strongly condemns the discharge into the Pacific Ocean and says there is no data to show the action is safe
- Plant operator Tepco says the water has been diluted and is not harmful
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China, Japan’s biggest seafood export market, has banned all Japanese aquatic products in response to the release of waste water from a nuclear plant wrecked by a tsunami 12 years ago.
China’s General Administration of Customs said on Thursday the immediate ban covered all aquatic products, including edible imports, to “prevent risks from Japan’s discharge of nuclear-contaminated waste water” into the Pacific Ocean.
It comes after Hong Kong, second only to mainland China for imports of Japanese seafood, announced a similar ban on seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures. Mainland China banned imports of food from 10 Japanese prefectures in July.
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China has been a fierce critic of Japan’s plan to discharge waste water from the wreckage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The foreign ministry said China “strongly condemned” the move to discharge the water and it demanded Japan “stop the wrong act”.
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“Japan should not inflict further damage on its people and the world out of its selfishness,” the ministry said.
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