Shunned by China, Japanese scallops to reach Thailand, Malaysia

Don Quijote parent aims to find new customers amid Fukushima row with Beijing

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Japanese retailers and restaurants have been busy promoting domestically caught scallops after China imposed a blanket ban on seafood imports from Japan. (Photo by Ryo Asayama)

RYO ASAYAMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The company behind the Don Quijote discount chain will offer scallops from Japan at 38 stores in Asia starting in November, seeking to find new markets as China maintains a ban on Japanese seafood over the Fukushima water discharge.

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