Japanese eating more local fish in spite of China’s ban due to Fukushima discharge

Fresh from the sea: Local workers arranging the inshore fish during a morning auction at Hisanohama Port in Iwaki, northeastern Japan. — AP

Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.

Instead of a business calamity, however, consumers from across the nation have supported the region by eating more fish.