Japan should take China to the World Trade Organization over Beijing's decision to ban imports of Japanese fishery products following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a former senior U.N. official believes.
China's seafood imports from Japan dived 67.6 percent from a year earlier in August, Chinese customs data shows, as Beijing introduced a total ban on marine products shipped from the neighboring country late that month.
China has been increasing its surveillance of Japanese nationals following Tokyo's decision to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, sources close to the matter say..
China began checking ballast water loaded on cargo ships arriving from Japan at some key ports, likely for radiation level inspections, at roughly the same time the neighboring country began releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, trade sources say.