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International

US$92 billion damage order against ex-bosses of Fukushima operator overturned: Japanese media

A look inside the marine organisms rearing test facility at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on June 28, 2024. Plant operator Tepco wants to show the world that water being discharged after treatment from the nuclear plant – the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster – is safe and has no negative impact on life underwater.
Global Enterprise

China, Japan close to resuming seafood imports after Fukushima ban

Both China and Japan agreed that Japan would establish a long-term international monitoring arrangement and allow stakeholders to conduct independent sampling and monitoring.
International

China, Japan agree Fukushima discharge plan, paving way to restart seafood trade

The vote in Niigata, home to the world’s largest nuclear power plant, was closely watched by LDP heavyweights in Tokyo as a gauge of voter readiness to re-embrace nuclear power.
International

Japan lifts operational ban on world's biggest nuclear plant

Xi told Kishida Japan’s discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is a matter of international public interest and the country needs to handle the issue in a responsible and constructive manner
International

Xi, Kishida agree to resolve Fukushima water dispute

Japanese sake master Daisuke Suzuki is helping Fukushima's fishing communities to return to normal life, by making sake in his brewery in Namie.
Lifestyle

Fukushima sake brewer warms shattered Japanese fishing community

Tepco officials sampling water from the upper-stream storage ahead of the second discharge of ALPS treated wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Oct 3, 2023.
International

Second round of Fukushima wastewater release begins: operator

Japan insists that the discharge is safe, a view backed by the UN atomic agency, but China banned all seafood imports from its neighbour, accusing it of treating the sea like a “sewer”.
International

First phase of Fukushima water release to end Monday

Fishery workers sorting out seafood at Matsukawaura port in Fukushima prefecture over the weekend. “The government failed to keep to its promise of gaining agreement from fishermen before taking such a decision to release (the water),” said a spokeperson for the group of more than 100 plaintiffs.
International

Japan fishermen, locals seek halt to Fukushima water release

Beijing has been the most vocal opponent to Japan’s move to discharge treated radioactive water into the ocean.
International

China’s fury over Fukushima water casts shadow on Asean forum

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