TOKYO -- Chinese fishing vessels have been active in waters near Japan despite a Chinese embargo on Japanese seafood products following the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that began a year ago, a Nikkei analysis of vessel movement data has revealed.
"In the last few years, the waters off Sanriku have seen the most Chinese fishing vessels pouring in," said a 31-year-old fisherman with a downcast expression. He spoke to Nikkei in June at the port in Kesennuma in northeastern Japan, located on the Sanriku coast and known as a base for deep-sea fishing.
