Japan considers WTO action against China over seafood import ban amid Fukushima water release


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Filing a WTO complaint might become an option if protesting to China through diplomatic routes is ineffective, economic security minister Sanae Takaichi said separately. Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters that Japan will take “necessary action (on China’s aquatic product ban) under various routes including the WTO framework”. Tokyo: Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing’s ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The comments came as Japanese businesses and public facilities continued...