APECJapanese seafood makes splash at APEC summit amid safety concerns
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Hokkaido scallops are offered up at the APEC summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16. Japan is pushing for a recovery in its seafood exports. (Photo by Yifan Yu)
YIFAN YU, Nikkei staff writer
November 17, 2023 17:44 JST
SAN FRANCISCO -- The APEC CEO Summit in San Francisco has brought together private sector and political leaders, and one exhibition in particular captures the occasionally fraught relationship between those two worlds: a booth offering free samples of fresh scallops flown in from Hokkaido paired with Japanese sake.