{"id":3173,"date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/hong-kong-seafood-business-prepares-japanese-import-ban-nuclear-wastewater-pollution\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","slug":"hong-kong-seafood-business-prepares-japanese-import-ban-nuclear-wastewater-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/hong-kong-seafood-business-prepares-japanese-import-ban-nuclear-wastewater-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong seafood businesses prepares for Japanese import ban due to nuclear wastewater pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"
As Tokyo<\/a> plans to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Japanese restaurant operator Sam Lam is busy finding substitutes for Japanese seafood that could soon be banned from entering Hong Kong.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Hong Kong government said last Wednesday that the city would immediately bar the import of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures if wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is released into the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n Lam said his team could get seafood from other sources and change menus to adjust to the ban, but he predicted that revenues could nevertheless drop from 10% to 20% if the Japanese and Hong Kong governments press ahead with their plans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “My customers told me that once the water is discharged, they will eat fewer (aquatic products) or stop eating them,” he said in an interview Friday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n JAPAN OFFERING FAMILIES 1 MILLION YEN PER CHILD TO LEAVE TOKYO FOR RURAL AREAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Wong said the city’s Japanese restaurants could find substitute seafood products from other regions, but they may not share the same level of prestige, and that could mar a restaurant’s image or make customers feel that the food is less authentic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “After moving past the pandemic, businesses were hoping that crisis is a thing of the past already. They don’t know if this incident will bring another crisis,” he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n