Debate has intensified over whether Hong Kong should lift its restrictions on Japanese seafood imports after tests of seawater conducted by mainland China from near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant indicated marine life was not being harmed. The results came from samples collected last October when Chinese scientists were given access under international…
A fresh debate is brewing in Hong Kong over whether to lift a ban on seafood imports from parts of Japan after Chinese tests of seawater samples near the snowballed Fukushima nuclear power plant showed no signs of negative impact on marine life. Japanese restaurant operators in Hong Kong called for an immediate review of…
Hong Kong authorities will seek more information from Tokyo and Beijing to look into the possibility of easing restrictions on seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures, following the central government’s decision to “gradually” lift its own sweeping ban. “The Environment and Ecology Bureau will seek more relevant information from the authorities on the mainland and…
China will express its readiness to lift a ban on imports of Japanese seafood once Japan and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agree to allow third-party countries to join monitoring activities on the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, diplomatic sources said Thursday. The Japanese government and…