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Taiwan–Japan Seafood Trade: Evolving Dynamics in a Changing Ocean.
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Taiwan–Japan Seafood Trade: Evolving Dynamics in a Changing Ocean.

For two decades, Taiwan and Japan have quietly rewritten the terms of their seafood trade. Our analysis of 2005-2024 data reveals a narrowing imbalance, driven less by policy than by shifting appetites and resource realities. Taiwan's frozen tuna and eel exports have slipped, while Japanese seafood flows the other way. Tuna tells the clearest story: bigeye remains tethered to Japanese buyers, yellowfin finds other ports. Japan's declining consumption, not just production, is reshaping this bilateral exchange.