Head of fishery group expresses business’s concern over import bans

The head of Japan’s National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, or Zengyoren, expressed concern over the import bans on Japanese fishery merchandise by China and different international locations, in a gathering Friday with business minister Ken Saito.

“The future remains to be unclear. We are very anxious,” Zengyoren chief Masanobu Sakamoto mentioned throughout a go to to the business ministry virtually a yr after the nation started releasing handled water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ (Tepco) crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear energy plant into the ocean on Aug. 24, 2023.

Saito mentioned that the federal government is working towards the removing of import restrictions launched in response to the beginning of the discharge of the handled water at “numerous ranges.”

“The authorities will responsibly interact in (the discharge) till it’s full, even when it takes a very long time.”

Sakamoto conveyed his due to the minister for “caring about fishers and offering numerous assist in order that they’ll fish with a way of safety.”

Saito mentioned that the federal government takes very critically the truth that Tepco on Thursday canceled the experimental removing of nuclear gasoline particles from the crippled plant. He mentioned that the federal government has instructed the corporate to substantiate the components that led to the cancellation and take vital measures promptly.

Separately, Sakamoto launched an announcement Friday expressing Zengyoren’s continued opposition to the discharge of the handled water into the ocean amid persistent considerations in regards to the security of the measure amongst fishers and shoppers.