Takashi Ito, owner of a restaurant in Shanghai, had been looking forward to China's lifting of a ban on imports of Japanese seafood — only to have his hopes dashed this week amid an increasingly heated diplomatic spat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/japanese-restaurant-owners-china-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #restaurants