About this episode

The episode discusses the unintended consequences of China's seafood import ban on Japan amidst political tensions.

Last year, in the midst of a political spat between China and Japan, China enacted a ban on importing Japanese seafood and warned Chinese citizens that visiting Japan was unsafe. But the impact of these policies hasn’t been quite what China intended.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Pashman

Topics covered

• seafood
• politics
• China
• Japan
• import ban
• international relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chinese government, Japanese seafood

Places: China, Japan

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