China suspending Japanese seafood imports: Japan official

Move taken in apparent retaliation for PM Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan

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Japan resumed seafood exports to China in November. (Photo by Kotose Hamano)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Beijing has effectively suspended imports of Japanese seafood products, ostensibly on the grounds of insufficient radiation inspections, a senior official at Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on Wednesday.

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