Marine Products and Nuclear Power Plant

nuclear power plant: Then in autumn 2013, Seoul expanded the scope of the ban to include all marine products from these prefectures, according to Asahi Shimbun. The Japanese government responded to the move by criticizing the measure for lacking a scientific basis. Following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, South Korea banned imports of some marine products caught in waters off Fukushima and seven other prefectures, mainly areas along the Pacific coast between Aomori and Chiba prefectures. Tokyo has been demanding that the measure be withdrawn while cooperating with Seoul investigations. More than a dozen countries and areas have barred imports of all or part of Japanese-made foods, but the government has singled out South Korea because the country has expanded its restrictions. But the two countries have failed to resolve their disagreements, and Japan has asked the WTO to set up a dispute-settlement panel comprising experts from third countries to rule over South Korea import ban. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.