Japan PM asks China to lift seafood import ban after water release

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he has asked China to immediately lift a ban imposed on all seafood products from Japan following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. "We have requested the withdrawal (of the import ban) through diplomatic channels. We strongly encourage discussion among experts based on scientific grounds," Kishida told reporters at his office. Japan started discharging treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea Thursday, d...