Asia
Japan Coalition Member Postpones China Trip Amid Fukushima Spat
A customer selects fish at a seafood market in Beijing.
Source: Bloomberg
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Japanese politician Natsuo Yamaguchi postponed a trip to Beijing at the request of the Chinese, the first tangible casualty of China’s unhappiness with Japan’s decision to release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Yamaguchi, leader of the junior party in Japan’s ruling coalition, had been planning to visit China next Monday through Wednesday. On Saturday, the Chinese side told his party that “considering the current situation in Japan-China relations, it wasn’t the appropriate time to visit,” according to a statement from his Komeito Party issued Saturday afternoon.