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China spent 67.6% less on Japanese seafood in August

The import numbers can only be expected to get worse. China announced its ban on seafood imports from Japan on Aug. 30

By Undercurrent News | Sept. 21, 2023 15:11 BST
The Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, which did not suffer damage like it sister plant, Fukushima Daiichi. Photograph by Tokyo Electric Power Company on Flickr.
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China spent 67.6% less on Chinese seafood in August 2023 than it did during the same month in 2022 as a result of tensions over the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, the BBC reports. [...]

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