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A Kyodo News survey on Friday showed 80.6 percent of prefectural fisheries cooperative associations were affected by the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, with many feeling the impact through China’s import ban on Japanese marine products. The survey found that 29 out of 36 respondents among the members of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations said they “had felt” or “had somewhat felt” negative effects including financial damage due to the water release, overwhelmingly due to the subsequent import ban by Chin…

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