It is estimated that more than 2,000 Japanese restaurants are operating in Hong Kong. In 2022, the city bought HK$4.18 billion worth of seafood from Japan to become the second-largest market for fishery exports after the mainland. As of now, it seems inevitable that local Japanese restaurants will bear the blunt of the wastewater discharge row. Second, the ban on imports could deal them a direct blow. Having survived the Covid pandemic, many restaurants may fail to survive this time.

Source: The Standard July 13, 2023 19:13 UTC