China will revisit its ban on marine imports from Japan and work towards resuming imports following an expansion of regulatory monitoring of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday.

China said Friday it would "gradually resume" importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban in August of last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant.

China said Friday that it would "gradually resume" importing seafood from Japan after imposing a blanket ban last year over the release of water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant.The release,

China and Japan may be close to a breakthrough over Beijing’s ban on seafood imports from Japan, imposed last year in response to the release of treated radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant,

Japan and China are making final preparations towards the resumption of imports by China of Japanese seafood and other marine products after regulatory monitoring of radioactive water was expanded, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

China is set to ease its blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports, which has been in place for more than a year since the start of the release of treated radioactive water into the sea.

Beijing had imposed ban on imports of aquatic food from Japan after Tokyo began release of treated nuclear waste from crippled Fukushima nuclear plant - Anadolu Ajansı