China's Pacific allies from Solomon Islands' government to Fiji's opposition on Friday echoed Beijing's criticism of Japan releasing wastewater from its disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant.The party accused Fiji's government of "failing future generations by allowing Japan to dump its nuclear waste into our ocean".
Seafood sellers in Beijing expressed consternation Thursday over Japan's gradual release of wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.But shortly after the discharge of wastewater began on Thursday, China said it would suspend the import of all Japanese aquatic products.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday, ahead of the discharge of treated water which is scheduled to begin by the end of summer.The discharge will reportedly begin as early as the end of this month.
translation: i am a radiation expert so i note that tritium has low effect on the human body and living organisms. we are all concerned about the same thing. radiation. that is why we are so anxious. i hope these data and images will reassure people a little. fukushima fishermen are not reassured. they are furious. for years, they struggle to fight the stigma and convince people to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been part of this man s family for generations put his son and grandson outgrown his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharge the wastewater will bring. translation: before we were able to fish across four other prefectures. now we are not allowed to do that. theyjust don t want to be associated with us. the prices were
reassure people a little. but fukushima fishermen are not reassured. they re furious. for years, they ve struggled to fight the stigma and convince people to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been in toru takahashi s family for generations. his son and his grandson now run his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharging the waste water would bring long. pop of translation: before we were able to fish i across four other prefectures. now we re not allowed to do that. they just don t want to be associated with us. the prices were recovering little by little, but now they could drop drastically. i ve had so many conversations with the japanese government and tepco. nobody wants to release this dangerous water. if it s so safe, i told them,