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KUSHIRO, Hokkaido “Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found.
Seafood suppliers are struggling to get their products to market after China banned Japanese seafood imports in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.