Ambassador Rahm Emanuel said Beijing is hypocritical to ban Japanese seafood while Chinese fishermen bring in hauls from supposedly contaminated waters.
The U.S. has begun buying large amounts of Japanese seafood for its military forces to help counteract China's ban in response to Japan's release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.Japan in late August began a 17-day release of the first portion of the 1.34 million tons of wastewater—enough to fill 500 swimming pools—from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which experienced a nuclear meltdown following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at Monday's press conference that the steps taken by China and 'some countries' in response to the release of Fukushima water were 'entirely legitimate, reasonable and necessary.' He said there is now a stronger call for a global monitoring system and that Japan should work to prevent 'irreversible consequences' wrought by the discharge.
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