China's import ban hurts Japan's seafood industry expansion plans

Exporters lose a major market after Fukushima discharge response

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Freshly caught scallops in Nemuro in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture. © Reuters

NATSUMI KAWASAKI, CHIHIRO ISHIKAWA and CK TAN, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- China's suspension of imports of all Japanese seafood products in response to Tokyo Electric Power's release of wastewater into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has dealt a blow to the Japanese fishery industry just as it seeks to expand its overseas markets.

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