Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry, fishery and food products in 2024 hit a record high for the 12th consecutive year, agriculture ministry data showed Tuesday.
The exports totaled ¥1.51 trillion ($9.8 billion), up 3.7% from the year before, according to the data.
Robust exports to the United States and other countries more than made up for a plunge in shipments to China, which put a blanket ban on imports of fishery products from Japan in response to the discharge of tritium-containing treated water into the sea from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.
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