Japan sounds out S Korea on talks to lift Fukushima seafood curbs

Japan has sounded out South Korea about launching regular working-level talks in the hope Seoul lifts its import restrictions on Japanese seafood imposed since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, Japanese and South Korean government sources said Sunday. Japan hopes the talks will build public reassurance in South Korea, the sources said. But Seoul has not given a clear response amid cautious public opinion, and any rollback is widely seen as hinging on a political decision by President Lee Jae Myung. The envisaged dialogue channel would involve the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and the Ministry of Food…