Japan complains of harassment calls from China over Fukushima wastewater release

Growing fallout from the water release at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has hit out at Beijing, after instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and Japanese schools in China. Several Japanese companies have also been receiving abusive phone calls, believed to originate from China.

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[eeewo]

If the release of treated water from Fukushima is such a big problem, then China, South Korea, the U.S., and France, which have dozens of times more radioactive materials than Japan, must cry out to the world for forgiveness.

[ListerTube]

Japanese themselves are also concern so there's nothing wrong when other nations are concern too.

[happymelon]

On the very first page of the IAEA report, they clearly stated that they do not endorse and shall not be responsible for the release.
IAEA said Japan ONLY request them to test two substance.
And they ONLY tested and OK with those two substance.
Means IAEA did not test for others harmful contain if any, and will not be responsible.

[thenighttale-gx]

why don't they use the water to water their parks? If it is safe, the lawn will stay green

[happymelon]

By @corner9883
In addition, I would like to clarify that the International Atomic Energy Agency only measured the portion related to tritium (the isotope of hydrogen), and contaminated water contains many heavy metals, which are longer and more dangerous radioactive isotopes such as ruthenium, cobalt, strontium, and plutonium, which Tokyo Electric Power Company recognized in 2018. Isn't it scary that the concentration of Sc90 is 40000 times higher than the safe concentration of high radiation carcinogenesis and teratogenicity? It is strange and questionable why these media and commentators only mention the harm of tritium.

[osmanzng]

If it's safe, the water can be used for domestic consumption.

[Diannnn]

We all can live without Japan but never the ocean

[ArabicReja]

Hong Hong Citizen reported that in 2017 alone, China 🇨🇳 released an amount of wastewater trilium level of 225 MBq, 10 times the total of Fukushima.
- And it never notified the UN or its neighbors.

[Nothing-ToLose]

A lot of childish comments from people who lack logical thinking and can't understand scientific evidence.
What happened, did you have a seizure?🤣🤣🤣

[RichardBrett]

Seafood should be safe to eat before the nuclear contaminants. As for myself, my family and our relatives, we all decided to do without seafood for the next 30 years.

[kckfen]

So now Japan is trying to play victim now???

[hornhornet]

Japan should allow China and S Korea over there to run their own test of the discharged water.

[normantan]

If it is safe, why Japan must release it in the ocean which is public. Japan should build ponds or lake and grow plans and reaar fish to proof it's safe for human.

[kiriha]

there some video on china dedicated channel about china dumping water waste even worse than japan case but I cannot find general news channel that talk about it.

[clouddragonz]

If the water is safe, it doesn’t need to be released to the ocean.

[minshyu]

It's so weird that Japan complained to China through the Singaporean media?

[liarliar]

Experts tweaking with the comment features again. Now the 'top comments' and 'newest first' do not tally again.

[addictedme]

Maybe finally now the marine life will able to recover if China boycott seafood.

[dxelson]

Just dump the water into domestic reservoirs, no one will complain then

[nicklee]

If those "water" are genuinely safe for human, why Japan don't keep them for their own consumption? Those "water" should be delivered and share among all those UN members who approved that they are safe for human consumption.