Japan faces seafood hit from Hong Kong’s ban over Fukushima water

The second-largest seafood market after mainland China imported US$75.5 billion worth of aquatic products last year.

Protesters rally outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to oppose Fukushima’s release of treated radioactive water into the sea.

China, the biggest importer of Japanese seafood, will take measures to protect its marine environment, food safety and public health, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Beijing has already banned imports from some Japanese regions. China, also Japan’s top scallop buyer and a major consumer of sea cucumbers, imported ¥87.1 billion worth of Japanese seafood last year, or a fifth of Japan’s total seafood exports, according to the MAFF data.

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