The US is doing this for the first time with Japanese seafood.

On October 30, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel announced that the US was purchasing Japanese seafood for the first time to supply US troops stationed in the Northeast Asian country.

The US is helping Japan deal with China's seafood ban. (Source: VCG)

This move is seen as a response to China's ban on imports of Japanese seafood, following Tokyo's release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel said: "This will be a long-term contract between the U.S. armed forces and the fishing industry in Japan."

Washington's first order consisted of just one ton of scallops – a tiny fraction of the more than 100,000 tons of scallops Tokyo exported to Beijing last year.

Mr. Emanuel said the orders would include additional types of seafood, helping to provide food for soldiers stationed on ships, as well as for sale at shops and restaurants at military bases.

China banned imports of Japanese seafood from August 24th – the date Tokyo began releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi plant through an underground conduit approximately 1 km long into the sea.

Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) say that the wastewater is thoroughly treated to remove all radioactive isotopes, leaving only tritium, one of the two radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.

The concentration limit for tritium in this wastewater is seven times lower than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended level for drinking water.

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