Top diplomats from Japan and China meet in South Korea ahead of 3-way regional talks

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and China have met for bilateral talks as they try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood, which has hurt Japanese exporters. The pair met in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan. They join their South Korean host for three-way talks on Sunday. The Japanese and Chinese leaders met 10 days ago in San Francisco, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The two achieved a vague agreement on easing their seafood dispute. China’s ban has been in place since August, when Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.