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Japanese government making “all-out” efforts to convince fishermen that Fukushima waste-water release is OK

 Government seeks fishing industry’s understanding over nuclear plant water
release. Industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura met with local fisheries
industry representatives Saturday to seek their understanding for the
planned release into the sea of treated water from the Fukushima No. 1
nuclear power plant. The government will “make all-out efforts to prevent
reputational damage” to the fisheries industry from the water release,
Nishimura told representatives of a federation of fisheries cooperatives in
a meeting in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.

 Japan Times 11th June 2023

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/11/national/fukushima-contaminated-water/

June 13, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics