Even if Japanese seafood were to be exported to China, "it would find no market", Beijing says. Photo: AP PHOTO

China has informed Japan that it will ban all imports of Japanese seafood in what appeared to be the latest salvo in an escalating diplomatic dispute between Asia's top two economies.

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Tensions between the two countries ignited after new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said earlier in November that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan's survival could trigger a military response.

China has demanded she retract the remarks and urged its citizens not to travel

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