Tokyo, May 30 (AP) Japan said Friday that China will resume imports of Japanese seafood that it banned in August 2023 over the discharge of wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the two sides reached an agreement after Japanese and Chinese officials met in Beijing, and the imports will resume once the necessary paperwork is done.

China did not immediately comment. (AP) ARI

Seafood import resumption follows bilateral agreement to lift prior import ban tied to Fukushima wastewater discharge. China will resume imports of Japanese seafood previously subject to an import ban after the Fukushima wastewater discharge following a bilateral agreement reached in Beijing; shipments will restart once required import paperwork and procedural clearances are completed.