China will partially resume importing seafood from Japan in an apparent move to ease trade frictions and strengthen bilateral ties, despite heightened military tensions between the two countries.
¡°Resuming exports to China of marine products ¡ª an important export item for our country ¡ª is a major turning point,¡± agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Monday.
China announced the partial lifting late Sunday, the first relaxation since August 2023, when Beijing issued a blanket ban on imports following Tokyo¡¯s release of wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
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