
The uneasy Sino-Japanese relationship recently has played out around the Fukushima waste water issue and China’s ban on Japanese seafood, like shark fin, Hokkaido dried sea cucumbers and Hokkaido scallops. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Konosuke Urata, Hajime Tsukada, Yusuke Hinata and Kyodo)
Personnel reshuffle suggests change of fortunes for ‘environment faction’
KATSUJI NAKAZAWA
July 10, 2025 04:00 JST