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China, Hong Kong ban over $600 million in Japanese seafood imports as Fukushima's treated radioactive water released into ocean

The markets, Japan's biggest, are wary of government claims that the water is safe.

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and a mask uses uses a survey meter at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in 2013.
A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and a mask uses uses a survey meter at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in 2013.Photo: Bloomberg
Published 24 August 2023, 10:21Updated 24 August 2023, 12:58
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