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| The US helps Japan deal with China's seafood ban. (Source: VCG) |
The move is seen as a response to China imposing a ban on Japanese seafood imports, after Tokyo released treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.
“This will be a long-term contract between the US armed forces and the fishing industry in Japan,” said Ambassador Rahm Emanuel.
Washington's first order included just one ton of scallops - a fraction of the more than 100,000 tons of scallops Tokyo exported to Beijing last year.
The orders will include additional seafood, helping to feed troops stationed on ships and sold at stores and restaurants at military bases, Mr. Emanuel said.
China banned imports of Japanese seafood from August 24 - the time Tokyo began discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi plant through a 1-km-long underground drain into the sea.
Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the wastewater was thoroughly treated to remove radioactive isotopes, leaving only tritium, one of two radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.
The tritium concentration limit in this wastewater is seven times lower than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended level for drinking water.
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