Japan boosting seafood exports to SE Asia, US as China keeps ban

With China showing no signs of lifting its import ban on Japanese fisheries products, Japan has been diversifying export channels to other markets, most notably Southeast Asia and the US, in response to what critics say is an economic coercion measure by the world's second-largest economy. Beijing's action apparently aimed at isolating Tokyo has not drawn international support. "I don't think China's behaviour is effective nor successful internationally. In 2023, China accused Japan of discharging the water in ASEAN meetings such as ASEAN-plus-three forums, but not many ASEAN members were convinced by China's arguments," said Kei Koga, an associate professor of Indo-Pacific security at NTU in Singapore.

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