China resumes qualified seafood imports from some Japan regions

Products from Fukushima and some other areas still banned

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Fishermen land scallops at Nemuro Port on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, in April 2022. © Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan's release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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