China to ban food imports from Japan over safety fears

A Tokyo Electric Power Company employee in front of wastewater tanks
Japan's plan to release treated wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant has sparked safety concerns. -AP

China will ban the import of food from about a fifth of Japanese prefectures for safety reasons, Chinese customs says, citing Japan's move to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.

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