HK Ban Sends Top Restaurants Scrambling to Replace Japan Seafood
- Japan’s plan to discharge the water stokes regional tensions
- IAEA says release of treated water common industry practice
China, the top buyer of Japanese seafood, has said the ocean is “not Japan’s private sewer,” and has extended a ban on food imports from Fukushima.
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Hong Kong restaurants are looking for new seafood supplies as authorities plan to ban imports of aquatic products from 10 Japanese regions if the country releases treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site.
The owner of Michelin-starred Omakase Godenya, Shinya Goshima, said the affected ingredients account for about 10% of the restaurant’s imports. He’s seeking substitutes for Miyagi-imported Murasaki Uni in Aomori or Hokkaido.