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Taro Aso, Japan’s deputy prime minister said the water from Fukushima nuclear plant will be “safe to drink” (Getty Images)
China has asked Japanese Deputy Prime Minister to drink radioactive water from the ruined Fukushimanuclear power plant, after he said it is safe to drink. A Japanese official said it is okay if we drink this water, so then please drink it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was quoted by Japanese newspaper
He also said Japan’s ignorance of the ecological environment is totally unjustifiable.
The statement comes after Japan’s former prime minister Taro Aso, who now serves as deputy prime minister and has a history of making controversial reamrks said on Tuesday: “I have heard that we will have no harm if we drink [the treated water].”
Японский вице-премьер вновь заявил, что воду с Фукусимы-1 можно пить
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Японский вице-премьер заявил о возможности пить воду с АЭС «Фукусима-1»
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By Global Times Published: Apr 15, 2021 11:08 AM
Demonstrators hold slogans during a protest against the Japanese government s plan to release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, outside the prime minister s office in Tokyo on April 13, 2021. Photo: AFP
The Japanese government on Wednesday removed tritium mascot-related images and videos from the website only one day after its release due to the different voices over this issue spread widely around the world. Japan said it would adjust related design of this mascot.
The topic also triggered wide discussion among Chinese netizens, with over 140 million reads on Sina Weibo, Chinese twitter like social media. Many netizens expressed their disagreement over Japanese government s act.
Please drink treated Fukushima water: China asks Japan s minister
April 14, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso is pictured on April 13, 2021, at the prime minister s office in Tokyo. (Mainichi) BEIJING (Kyodo) China on Wednesday asked Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso to drink treated radioactive water accumulated at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after he said it is safe to drink it. A Japanese official said it is okay if we drink this water, so then please drink it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters, adding Japan s ignorance of the ecological environment is totally unjustifiable.