TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday ahead of a final decision on when to begin ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSTOKYO -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will visit the Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday ahead of a final decision on when to begin releasing wastewater from the wrecked facility into the Pacific Ocean.
He declined to say when the water release will begin during the briefing, which was aired by public broadcaster NHK. The International Atomic Energy Agency last month greenlit the release of radioactive water that Japan says it can no longer store on site, but Tokyo held off on doing so ahead of the meeting in Washington to avoid stirring political opposition in South Korea to Yoon, sources earlier told Reuters
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