KOI EMERGES AS A NEW SOURCE OF DIGIDE RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA
Kishida had demanded that China immediately lift its ban on Japanese seafood products, which has been in place since the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea on August 24. The ban has severely hurt Japanese exporters of scallops and other seafood.
Japan claims that wastewater is much safer than foreign criteria and that the International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded that the environmental and health impact of its discharge is negligible. China refers to the spill as “water infected with nuclear substances. “
China and Japan are arguing over a Chinese ban on imports of Japanese seafood.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said China and Japan agreed to find a path to the Fukushima water factor through consultations and negotiations in a constructive manner. Xi, calling the landfill a marine environmental and global health factor, told Kishida that Japan deserves to take domestic measures and foreign considerations are taken seriously and addressed responsibly and constructively, CCTV said in an online report.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, speaking in Beijing on Friday, said all countries have the right to ensure food protection and public health.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno hailed the talks as “extremely meaningful” because Kishida and Xi “confirmed their shared purpose of constructive and solid construction between Japan and China from a broader perspective. “
But a series of disputes dominated the negotiations. Kishida has called on Xi to remove all markers Beijing has placed on Japan’s exclusive internal economic zone in the East China Sea, and to temporarily release a Japanese businessman who was officially arrested in October on espionage accusations.
Kishida said he expressed “grave concern” over China’s increased military activity around Japan, adding joint training with Russia. He stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, where China sends military ships and aircraft to threaten Taiwan, something Beijing claims. as its own territory.
Kishida also held talks on the sidelines of APEC with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and met with Biden and discussed the Middle East, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, China and North Korea, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. a separate set together.
Yoon said the three leaders discussed security and economic cooperation for about 10 minutes. Biden expressed gratitude to Yoon and Kishida for “easing his burden in carrying out his duties as president of the United States,” Yoon’s deputy director of national security, Kim Tae-hyo, told reporters in South Korea.
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Japan and South Korea, which share security considerations in the Indo-Pacific region, have temporarily re-established and strengthened ties that had long been strained due to long-standing issues similar to Japanese colonial rule on the Korean Peninsula, strengthening the tripartite security relationship with the United States. .
During their meeting, Kishida and Yoon expressed satisfaction with the “positive trends in bilateral relations” and the expansion of government consultations on diplomacy, security and the economy, Yoon said.