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Exclusive: US military begins Japan seafood purchases to counter China ban

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador'... U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador'... U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel speaks during an interview with Reuters at the ambassador's residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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In reaction to China’s embargo on Japanese seafood goods imposed after Tokyo spilled treated water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, the United States has started purchasing Japanese seafood for the first time to serve its soldiers stationed in Japan.

In an interview with Reuters on Monday, U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel unveiled the project and stated that Washington ought to investigate more thoroughly how it could counter China’s embargo, which he claimed was a component of its “economic wars.”

China, which was formerly Japan’s largest seafood purchaser, claims that the embargo is the result of worries about food safety.

The facility destroyed by a 2011 tsunami is releasing water, and the U.N.’s nuclear inspector attested to its safety. The leak started in August. The G7 trade ministers demanded on Sunday that restrictions on Japanese cuisine be lifted immediately.

“It’s going to be a long-term contract between the U.S. armed forces and the fisheries and co-ops here in Japan,” Emanuel stated.

“The best way we have proven in all the instances to kind of wear out China’s economic coercion is come to the aid and assistance of the targeted country or industry,” he stated.

Just under a metric ton of scallops, or a minuscule portion of the over 100,000 tons of scallops Japan sold to China’s mainland last year, are involved in the initial transaction.

According to Emanuel, the purchases will eventually include all kinds of fish since they will be used to feed soldiers in mess areas, on board ships, and in stores and restaurants located on military installations. According to him, the U.S. military has never purchased regional fish in Japan.

According to him, the United States should also examine its total fish imports from China and Japan. To assist in directing locally harvested scallops to U.S.-registered processors, the United States and Japanese authorities are also in discussions.

‘A CHINA HAWK, NOT

Former White House Chief of Staff for U.S. President Barack Obama Emanuel has made several direct remarks against China in recent months, criticizing its economic policies, opaque decision-making, and treatment of foreign companies, among other things.

This occurred at the same time as senior American officials—including Secretary of State Antony Blinken—visited Beijing in an attempt to put an end to tense relations. When asked if he was hawkish about China, Emanuel said he was a “realist” instead of using the phrase.

I see it as realistic and honest; I wouldn’t characterize it as hawkish. “The truth may hurt, but it’s the truth,” he remarked.

“I support understanding and stability. That does not imply that you lack integrity. Not at all conflicting. Being able to be sincere with one another is one way you create stability.”

He claimed that China’s government was determined to reject international systems, which made the country’s severe economic problems worse.

“The Chinese young are this sort of loser. Currently, one in three Chinese youngsters, or 30% of the population, do not have a job. There are large cities with incomplete houses and large governments that are unable to pay their employees. How come? because China chose politically to abandon a system from which they were profiting.”

The most current official figures on young unemployment in China were released in July, just before Beijing announced it would no longer release the statistics. They revealed that the rate had increased to a record high of 21.3%. In addition, Emanuel stated he was closely monitoring how President Xi Jinping’s repressive reformist predecessor, former Premier Li Keqiang, passed away.

“What’s … interesting to me, that I think is telltale, is how they will be treating his funeral and how they’ll be treating comments about him,” he stated. “I do believe that there is a segment of China that views the policies he was pursuing as representing China at its finest. But China has the last say on it.”


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