Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday, with the top Japanese diplomat ¡°strongly urging¡± Beijing to immediately remove its complete ban on seafood imports from Japan over Tokyo¡¯s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
The Fukushima issue has bedeviled Sino-Japanese relations already facing tensions over issues such as China¡¯s growing military assertiveness in the region. Despite this, both sides agreed to find a way to resolve the wastewater matter ¡°through discussion and dialogue in a constructive manner,¡± Â鶹´«Ã½ Foreign Ministry said.
Wang repeated China¡¯s opposition to the discharge of ¡°nuclear-contaminated water,¡± a move that he labeled as ¡°irresponsible,¡± according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
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