Japan Says China Agrees to Terms for Seafood Import Resumption After Fukushima Wastewater Row

China’s General Administration of Customs said the two sides made ‘substantial progress’ in their talks but did not elaborate further.

A person looks at seafood at a booth selling products mainly from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures at Toyosu Market in Tokyo's Koto district on Sept. 2, 2023. Philip Fong / AFP via Getty Images

Japan said on Friday that China has agreed to procedures for allowing Japanese seafood imports, which Beijing had banned since August 2023 due to the release of treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

The two nations have reached an agreement on the technical terms for resuming Japanese seafood imports into China, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told cabinet members, local media reported.