Japan asks WTO to intervene on S Korea fish ban 日本政府は世界貿易機構に韓国による日本魚介類輸出禁止論争に介入するよう要請

(Source)http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-asks-wto-to-intervene-on-s-korea-fish-ban Japan has asked the World Trade Organization to step into a row over Seoul’s import ban on fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, officials said Tuesday. Tokyo wants the WTO’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee, which deals with food safety, to discuss South Korean rules restricting the import of marine produce from a large area of northern Japan, a fisheries agency official told AFP. South Korea last month expanded a ban on Japanese fisheries products over fears of contamination from broken reactors at Fukushima, after the plant operator admitted highly toxic water may have made its way into the Pacific Ocean. The ban takes in products from Fukushima and the seven other prefectures—Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Iwate, Tochigi, Chiba and Aomori—making up the northern half of the main island of Honshu. Gunma and Tochigi are landlocked. [...] South Korea is the only country that has expanded the scope of its ban on Japanese fisheries products after the toxic water leaks of recent months, according to Japanese officials. (Editor's note) “South Korea is the only country...” is not true. US also has expanded the scope of its ban... please refer to: Friday, 27 September 2013 USA Tightens Regulation of Japanese Food Imports ＵＳＡが日本からの輸入食品の規制を強化 http://www.fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/usa-tightens-regulation-of-japanese.html