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UN-approved release to go ahead despite China’s ban on all Japanese sea imports following first batchJapan will begin releasing a second batch of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from next week, its operator has said, an exercise th…
Read MoreImports fell by 67% in August from the same month a year earlier, to about ¥3bn ($20.2m)Chinese seafood imports from Japan have plummeted following Beijing’s ban on marine products from its neighbour in response to the discharge of wastewater from the …
Read MoreIn today’s newsletter: Japan’s decision to release radioactive water from the tsunami-hit power plant has divided groups – is it entirely safe or staggeringly stupid?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Today’s newsletter …
Read MoreRafael Grossi met with protests in Seoul during visit to try to calm fears over radioactive water dischargeProtesters have confronted the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog during a visit to South Korea in an attempt to calm fears over Japan’s…
Read MoreIAEA report says discharge would have ‘negligible radiological impact on people and the environment’The UN’s nuclear watchdog has approved plans by Japan to release more than 1m tonnes of water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant int…
Read MoreSome fishers say they lack information and worry about Japan’s plan to discharge treated wastewater into the seaEvery day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.The 54-year-old dro…
Read MoreJapan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown at FukushimaLook carefully through the trees, and it is just possible to catch sight of Onagawa nuclear power plant fro…
Read MoreFirm’s president at time of disaster among five defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo courtA court in Japan has ordered former executives of Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) to pay ¥13tn (£80bn) in damages for failing to prevent a triple mel…
Read MoreFumio Kishida said every effort would be made to reassure local people that disposing of the water in the Pacific was safeJapan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said that there can be no delay to plans to release contaminated water from the wre…
Read MoreGlue and duct tape used to fit rat snakes with dosimeters and GPS movement trackers to help researchers understand long-term effects of radiationResearchers have used snakes fitted with tracking devices and dosimeters to measure radiation levels in the…
Read MoreJapanese government claims water from nuclear plant released through 1km tunnel will be safe as all radioactive elements will have been removed Operators of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have unveiled plans to construct an undersea tunnel t…
Read MoreJapan’s plans to discharge radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is a callous act that would do catastrophic harmEarlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the Fuk…
Read More‘Little Mr Tritium’ was meant to help win support for release of contaminated water into seaThe Japanese government has been forced to quickly retire an animated character it had hoped would win support for its decision this week to release more than 1…
Read MoreFukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been prevented from restarting its only operable atomic facility after a series of safety breach…
Read MoreJapan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversyFukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into seaJapan’s decision to release more than 1m tonnes of treated radioactive water from th…
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