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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Sushi standoff spreads as Russia joins China in banning Japanese seafood

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Russia has joined its ally China in suspending seafood trade with Japan after Tokyo began releasing treated radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.

Russia’s agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said it is "joining China’s provisional restrictive measures on the import of fish and seafood products from Japan as of 16 October 2023”.

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