Japan first-half food exports down 1st time in 4 years amid China row

Seafood ban spurred by Fukushima water release looms over Tokyo's targets

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China stopped importing Japanese seafood in August 2023 over the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. © Reuters

ANNA NISHINO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's January-June exports of food, agricultural, forestry and fishery products dropped for the first time in four years as shipments to China plunged, the latest Japanese government data shows.

The figure declined 1.8% on the year to 701.3 billion yen ($4.76 billion), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced Friday.

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