The first purchase was about a metric ton of scallops.
Fishery workers sort out seafood caught in offshore trawl fishing in Soma City, Fukushima prefecture on Sept. 1. Photo: STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images"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 said.
The initiative marks the start of a "long-term contract" between U.S. armed forces and Japan's local fisheries and co-ops, Emanuel said."The responsibility of diplomats is to promote friendship between countries rather than smearing other countries and stirring up trouble," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, per Reuters.
The first purchase was about a metric ton of scallops, a fraction of the 100,000 tons of scallops China imported from Japan last year, per Reuters.Share on facebook