China bans imports of Japanese seafood as diplomatic dispute deepens

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China is ramping up retaliation against Japan in a diplomatic row that is already impacting Tokyo’s fragile economy. Beijing said Wednesday it was halting Japanese seafood imports and movie releases, after advising citizens against traveling to Japan. Relations between the two countries soured after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan; Beijing is now punishing Tokyo with aggressive rhetoric and economic pain. A blow to…

China Halts Japanese Seafood Imports Amid Diplomatic Row

China Halts Japanese Seafood Imports Amid Diplomatic Row - The suspension comes just months after the first shipment of Japanese scallops arrived in China following a nearly two-year ban, and coincides with travel warnings and delayed film releases

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TOKYO/BEIJING >> China has indicated it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood, two government officials in Tokyo said on Wednesday, in what appears to be the latest salvo in an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia’s top two economies.