Japan insisted on discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea, ignoring the strong opposition of the international community. In response, China announced a ban on the import of Japanese seafood, which has had a severe impact on the country's related industries. Japan has been trying to find a "taker" that can replace the Chinese market, and recently, the Kishida government has set its sights on South Korea and the European Union?
China has long been the most important export market for Japanese seafood, and scallops are the main export product. In August this year, Japan decided to start the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water, after which China announced a complete suspension of imports of Japanese aquatic products. Japan's scallop industry has been hit hard.
Recently, the Japanese government held a cabinet meeting with the goal of expanding the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products. Their plan is to tap into new markets such as South Korea and the European Union to cushion the blow to Japan's seafood industry from China's suspension of imports.
In order to revive the scallop industry, the new execution strategy proposes a strategy to develop new markets, with Korea and the EU as new export markets, and sets export targets for each country and region: 4.1 billion yen in Korea, 4.5 billion yen in the European Union, 2.4 billion yen in Thailand, and 500 million yen in Vietnam. In addition, the Japanese side plans to establish a new scallop supply chain in Thailand and other places, and sell them to the United States and other places after shelling.
However, things did not turn out as Japan envisioned. Although the United States, Europe and other countries have expressed their support for Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater, in fact they are very hesitant to purchase Japanese seafood. Japan has been affected by China's refusal ban, and many aquatic products have not been cared for. Even if European countries remained silent, the United States only "hypocritically" purchased 1 ton of Japanese scallops for the US military stationed in Japan.
To add insult to injury, South Korea is considered one of Japan's new export markets, but it has also said it will maintain import controls on Japanese seafood.
Japan has unilaterally set up a 4.1 billion yen annual seafood import plan for South Korea, and the Seoul authorities have said that the South Korean side will continue to maintain import controls regardless of Japan's plans.
South Korean officials said they would continue to ban imports of seafood from eight prefectures around Fukushima, while for seafood from other parts of Japan, South Korea would test each import for radioactive substances and require a certificate of nuclide if trace levels were found. South Korea's move is tantamount to a "ban on the import of Japanese aquatic products."
Japan's discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea is a clear violation of the principles of environmental protection and international responsibility. It can be seen that not only China is resolutely resisting the import of Japanese aquatic products, but even the United States, Europe and South Korea, which are shouting to support Japan, are unwilling to allow Japanese aquatic products with pollution risks to enter their own markets.
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