Seafood to Beauty Exports at Risk Over Japan’s Fukushima Waste
- Importers wary even after IAEA backed discharge into Pacific
- Consumers in South Korea have been stockpiling sea salt
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Opposition to Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean is posing risks to key exports, including seafood to cosmetics.
Officials in mainland China and Hong Kong, both major importers of Japanese goods, have reiterated concerns over the proposal even after the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed a two-year review had concluded the disposal strategy is safe and in line with global standards.