China has reopened its market to seafood from Japan after a nearly two-year ban over the discharge of slightly radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant. A notice from the customs agency said the ban had been lifted Sunday and that imports from much of Japan would be resumed.

June 30 (UPI) -- Nearly two years after China suspended imports of Japanese seafood in protest over the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Beijing has announced it will resume accepting aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures.

China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan’s release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.