The Seafood Proxy Battle Between China And Japan
From The Sporkful by Dan Pashman
March 30, 2026 · 34 min
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
Keywords
- seafood
- China
- Japan
- import ban
- political spat
- international relations
- trade
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Chinese government, Japanese seafood
Places: China, Japan
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