US purchases seafood from Japan in response to a prohibition from China

Following the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, China banned imports, therefore the US military stationed in Japan began purchasing fish in quantity.

Rahm Emanuel, the US ambassador to Japan, said Washington might potentially look into other options to support the opposition to China’s prohibition.

He called it one of the «economic wars» waged by Beijing.

China, the largest importer of Japanese seafood, declared that safety concerns prevented importation.

Despite the fact that many scientists agreed with Japan that the water was safe, China banned imports. The scheme was also approved by the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations.

Tokyo has also emphasized that other nuclear power stations in China and France frequently dump waste water in a similar manner.

Japan consistently asserts that there are no discernible radioactive levels in the ocean near Fukushima.

Trade ministers from the Group of Seven (G7), an alliance of the biggest supposedly «advanced» nations in the world, demanded on Sunday that restrictions on Japanese cuisine be immediately lifted.