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G7 calls for immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food, pressing China

Local staff encase the sample fish to a cold box for a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency with scientists from China, South Korea and Canada at Hisanohama Port, on Thursday, 19th October, 2023 in Iwaki, northeastern Japan

Tokyo, Japan Reuters The Group of Seven industrial powers called on Sunday for the “immediate repeal” of import curbs on Japanese food products, a reference to China’s restrictions after Japan began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The G7 trade ministers, in a statement after a weekend meeting on Osaka, did not mention […]

Japan to get crucial UN verdict for Fukushima water release

Ventilation stacks and cranes at the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are seen from a beach in Namie, about seven kilometres away from the power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on 28th February, 2023.

Tokyo, Japan Reuters Japan is set to receive a final report from a UN watchdog on Tuesday that is widely expected to approve a plan for the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima plant to release radioactive water into the ocean over the next 30 to 40 years.  International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi begins a four-day visit […]

Pacific islands urge Japan to delay release of Fukushima waste over contamination fears

Japan Okuma Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Sydney, Australia Reuters Pacific island nations are urging Japan to delay the release of water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant over fears fisheries will be contaminated, the Pacific Island Forum said on Wednesday. The Japanese Government said last week that water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant could be released into the […]