Japan was due Friday to publish preliminary sample results, a day after it began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, in an attempt to reassure critics that the operation was safe.Plant operator TEPCO took what it called rapid tests on Thursday afternoon after the release into the Pacific Ocean began.
China bans food production operators from purchasing or using seafood originating in Japan to process it for sale, a day after suspending all marine product imports from the neighboring country.