Hong Kong ¨C Ahead of the planned release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Hong Kong and mainland China ¡ª Japan¡¯s top two seafood export destinations ¡ª are saying no to once-sought-after food products from Japan.
¡°As a preventive measure, once Japan discharges the wastewater into the sea, the Hong Kong city government will immediately ban all aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan,¡± the Hong Kong government said Wednesday.
The import ban from Japan¡¯s two biggest seafood buyers will deal a significant blow to local fishing industries, which were already grappling with the repercussions of the March 2011 triple-meltdown disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.
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