China, Japan to move forward talks on lifting seafood import ban

China, Japan to move forward talks on lifting seafood import ban China, Japan to move forward talks on lifting seafood import ban

TOKYO — Japan and China agreed to continue negotiations toward lifting Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood imports in a cabinet-level economic dialogue held here Saturday.

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya called on his counterpart, Wang Yi, also a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo, to restart imports as soon as possible.