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Helen Davidson in Taipei

China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates

A fish on a fishmonger stall.
Beijing’s move comes within months of it lifting a 2023 ban that was imposed over the release of nuclear wastewater. Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images

China has suspended imports of Japanese seafood again, as the fallout over the Japanese prime minister’s comments about Taiwan continues to escalate in one of worst bilateral disputes in years.

The ban was first reported on Wednesday by the Japanese outlets Kyodo News and NHK, and appeared to be confirmed by China’s foreign ministry, which said there was “no market for Japanese seafood in the current climate”.

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