The import halt on Japanese seafood decided by Beijing after the start of the plant's spillage into the ocean-accompanied by massive propaganda against Tokyo-is generating widespread alarm that is also curbing consumption of local products. Boycotts also on cosmetics and travel to Japan, while the Japanese embassy urges its citizens to be careful.
The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility released its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, prompting China to ban Japanese seafood.