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Japanese citizens’ group protests nuclear discharge

By Jiang Xueqing in Tokyo | chinadaily.com.cn 2023-08-20 https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202308/20/WS64e1d95fa31035260b81d219.html

Kazuyoshi Sato, co-director of KOREUMI — a Japanese citizens’ group to condemn pollution of the ocean — urged the Japanese government to abide by its promise no disposal of nuclear-contaminated water would be carried out without the understanding of the parties involved. Sato made the demand during a speech at a rally in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo on Friday.

Hundreds of Japanese gathered on Friday to protest the Japanese government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Protesters handed a petition to the representatives of the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company, requesting the government to halt the process.

[Video by Jiang Xueqing in Tokyo/China Daily]

August 22, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized