China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

China has lifted a ban on seafood imports from most regions of Japan, which was imposed two years ago due to concerns over the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Beijing said it will "conditionally resume" the imports from Japan with the exception of 10 of the country's 47 prefectures,

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- China's removal of its blanket import ban on Japanese seafood implemented in August 2023 is a "positive" move, a government spokesman said Monday. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kazuhiko Aoki said the government will continue to urge China to remove the remaining ban on marine produce from 10 prefectures, including Fukushima.