Now, Japan’s fisheries ministry is reporting seafood shipments from Japan to China have finally restarted, NBC news reported. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said 6 metric tons (MT) of scallops harvested in Hokkaido were shipped to China on 5 November, the first shipment of seafood since the ban took place.

Japan has resumed seafood exports to China for the first time since a ban was imposed over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

After weeks of political manoeuvring and internal party turbulence, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has chosen Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, setting her on course to become Japan’s first female prime minister. Her victory marks not ...

LDP parliamentarian Takaichi Sanae (front left) walks with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te (front right) during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Apr. 28, 2025. Takaichi was elected Japan’s prime minister on Oct. 21, 2025. Credit: Instagram/ Takaichi Sanae ...

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