China's customs authority says it will ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Tokyo's plan to release treated nuclear wastewater into the ocean
China says "Japan still has many problems in terms of the legitimacy of ocean dumping, the reliability of the purification equipment, and the completeness of the monitoring plan."Japan's water discharge plan, announced in April 2021, faced significant criticism from China, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan and international organisations, including the UN. / Photo: AP
The customs authority on Friday said it would"ban imports of foodstuffs from ten Japanese prefectures including Fukushima" over safety concerns, and conduct stringent radiation tests on food from the rest of Japan.
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