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The European Union, Norway and Iceland on Thursday lifted import restrictions they imposed on food products from parts of Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, which occurred in the country’s northeast.
Those countries never been top imported of Japanese food product, they have plenty things they could get while those food still fresh domestically, from Mediterranean area, Middle East or North Africa.
Compared pricey Japanese food product across the globe, while adding more carbon footprint.
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3166259/mainland-china-was-top-importer-japanese-food-2021-surpassing-hong-kong
Now only remains Russia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau and other 55 economies.
Good luck!
The restrictions may have been lifted but whether people buy it remains to be seen.
https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Japan/0301
Top export destinations of “Live fish.” from Japan in 2022:
Korea with a share of 56% (78 million US$)
Other Asia, nes with a share of 8.2% (11.2 million US$)
China with a share of 7.7% (10.6 million US$)
USA with a share of 4.93% (6.79 million US$)
Indonesia with a share of 3.87% (5.33 million US$)
Vietnam with a share of 3.03% (4.16 million US$)
Thailand with a share of 2.44% (3.36 million US$)
United Kingdom with a share of 2.24% (3.08 million US$)
Netherlands with a share of 2.21% (3.04 million US$)
Germany with a share of 2.13% (2.93 million US$)
As long as Korea doesn’t lift its ban, and not even Yoon can do it because that’s an impeachment worthy crime in Korea, Japan’s fish export won’t recover.
Don’t know why do the japan’s economy have to pay for TEPCO’s negligence.
All fisheries and food exportation companies should sue TEPCO for wrongfull conduct and interference of business.
The photo is a cheap journalistic trick, considering that the content of article.
I suppose TEPCO could also sue people who make libelous and defamatory comments, right?
I suppose TEPCO could also sue people who make libelous and defamatory comments, right?
Yes. Absolutely. Please do so.
It seems that the data is correct, but the percentage of live fish in Japanese seafood is missing.
Among many seafood items, live fish accounts for only 6.8% of the total.
South Korea, an exporter of Japanese seafood, accounts for only 5.8% of the total. About $0.18 billion out of $3 billion
If South Korea does not import it, it can be exported to other countries or consumed domestically. It has very little impact.
Japan’s seafood import value is $16 billion and export value is $3 billion.
There is no particular problem even if it is used for domestic consumption without exporting.
By the way, the reason why import restrictions in China and Hong Kong become a problem is that most of the pearls, scallops, and sea cucumbers are exported there.
This is much more of a problem than live fish exported to South Korea.
If you think about export destinations, you have to choose seriously.
Chinese mainland was the biggest buyer of Japanese seafood in 2022 by value, accounting for 22.5% of Japanese seafood exports, followed by Hong Kong with 19.5%
It’s nice that EU and Norway are lifting the restrictions. But negligible. The damage to the Japanese economy is at biblical proportions.
Who is gonna fix this mess?
You could buy lots of water containers and land with ¥80B, and avoid the reputational damage.
Exactly!
You don’t wanna worsen the problem destroying fishery and international relations.
Just keeping that contamination in the tanks for a couple decades will make most of the radiation decay.
Meanwhile you can focus on fixing the underground leaks of the nuclear plants, research for better filters, retrieve the nuclear roods, etc.
Mixing every liter with 9 liters of sea water.
That would destroy japanese fishery and international relations. Plus, we have no idea of the damage it can cause to our oceans.
Invest in water tanks and research its the smart thing to do.
Again, ignoring the problem
You are ignoring the problem, not me. Dumping all that waste and forgetting about it is ignoring the problem.
Like it or not, that is exactly what is going to happen
No, it won’t happen.
J-gov is gonna back out, as always do.
We know exactly what damage it will cause to our oceans: zero, zilch, nada.
Any scientist would explain you that we don’t know how will the waste affect the marine biota or our food chain.
Where is your evidence?
ask you for your expertise as nuclear engineer and biologist?
Do you have any academic record on science or biology?
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