内容摘要：The journey of creating a space is as important as the destination.

The journey of creating a space is as important as the destination.

But officials said China’s ban on farm and fisheries products from 10 Japanese prefectures, including Fukushima, is still in place and that they will keep pushing toward their lifting.China’s General Administration of Customs said in a statement Friday that the two sides had on Wednesday held “a new round of technical exchanges on the safety issues of Japanese aquatic products ... and achieved substantial progress,” but did not mention an agreement.

because it said the release of the treated and diluted but still slightly radioactive wastewater would endanger the fishing industry and coastal communities in eastern China.Japanese officials have said thethan international standards and its environmental impact will be negligible. They say the wastewater must be released to make room for the nuclear plant’s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks.

Tokyo and Beijing have held three rounds of talks since March on the issue before reaching the agreement this week on the “technical requirements” necessary for Japanese seafood exports to China to restart, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It did not say how long it may take before the actual resumption.Mainland China used to be the biggest overseas market for Japanese seafood, accounting for more than one-fifth of its seafood exports, followed by Hong Kong. The ban became a major blow to the fisheries industry, though the impact on overall trade was limited because seafood exports are a fraction of Japan’s total exports.

Japan’s government set up an emergency relief fund for its exporters, especially scallop growers, and has sought alternative overseas markets.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi plant, has said it would compensate Japanese business owners appropriately for damages from export bans.They failed to win a Stanley Cup during their run. They didn’t even give themselves the opportunity to play for one.

“Three years in a row now, you get that close and you come up short ... obviously not a good feeling,” said Jamie Benn, the nearly 36-year-old captain who is about to be an unrestricted free agent after 16 seasons in Dallas.For the third season in a row, and the second against Edmonton, the Stars ended with a loss in the Western Conference final. They

at home Thursday night.“Every year you learn new things. This is not the end goal for us,” said Wyatt Johnston, who at 22 has already been to three West finals. “You need to go through the conference final. ... Our goal is to win the Stanley Cup. I think you always want to learn, and I think that’s good that you can learn from it, but we want to win.”