Japan said criticism from Russia and China was unsupported by scientific evidence and pollution levels in the water will be below those considered safe.
Fishermen pull the seine with Baltic smelt at the pier on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 4, 2016.Russia hopes to increase its marine product exports to China in the wake of China's ban on Japanese seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.
In a statement late on Friday, Rosselkhoznadzor said it was seeking to increase the number of exporters.
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