China has reopened its market to seafood from Japan after a nearly two-year ban over the discharge of slightly radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant. A notice from the customs agency said the ban had been lifted Sunday and that imports from much of Japan would be resumed.

China has lifted a ban on seafood imports from most regions of Japan, which was imposed two years ago due to concerns over the release of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.Beijing said it will "conditionally resume" the imports from Japan with the exception of 10 of the country's 47 prefectures,

Shipments resume under strict conditions but not from Fukushima and its environs as Beijing seeks closer ties with its neighbours.