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Beijing's ban on Japanese seafood can only backfire

20231006 Xi Scallops

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Japanese scallops. China had been the main importer of the scallops before it banned seafood from Japan. (NIKKEI montage/Source photos by Reuters and Kyodo)

HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator

TOKYO -- China continues to ban all seafood imports from Japan, maintaining its de facto economic "sanctions" against the country. Beijing imposed the ban in response to the release of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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