Nov. 19 (UPI) -- China will suspend importing Japanese seafood products after a diplomatic spat brought on by recent comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. According to Japanese new media, China's rationale to suspend the imports was to enable Chinese authorities to monitor wastewater from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Takaihi's statements "fundamentally damaged the political foundation of China-Japan relations," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said