Amid one of the most bitter diplomatic episodes between China and Japan, Beijing has used an economic whip against Tokyo and has completely suspended imports of Japanese seafood, just months after partially resuming trade. The move is a big blow to Japan's fishing industry, which was still recovering from China's 2023 blanket ban on Japanese seafood over Japan's release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The move came amid the two nation's dispute over Taiwan .

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had recently made remarks linking a potential Chinese action against Taiwan to a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan.

The ban was reported on Wednesday by Japanese outlets Kyodo and NHK, and was confirmed by the Chinese foreign ministry, which said there wa

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