Hong Kong threatens Fukushima seafood ban after water discharge

Blacklist by 2nd-biggest importer would deal a blow to Japan

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Workers sort fishes after a fishing operation in Fukushima prefecture. © Reuters

KENSAKU IHARA, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Opposition is growing in Hong Kong over Japan's planned discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, with an environmental official vowing to curb imports of seafood from the affected area to the second-biggest international market for Japanese food.

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