A Japanese diplomat has urged Hong Kong to make the “correct decision” and lift the city’s 13-month-long import ban on aquatic products from 10 prefectures as soon as possible, after Beijing signalled its intention to gradually roll back its own curbs.
Hong Kong currently bans aquatic products from the Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama prefectures.
The Centre for Food Safety also ramped up daily radiation inspections on all other Japanese seafood imports as part of the restrictions.
Okada, appearing at the opening ceremony of the city’s 9th Japan Autumn Festival, said: “Although it is very regrettable that the Hong Kong government still prohibits the import of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures, Hong Kong is currently the largest global export destination for Japanese aquatic products.”
