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Our government voted for the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge issue as a pressure against Japan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Japan Corporation to deliver an oral statement requesting an explanation of the contaminated water treatment plan with the concerns of our government.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the Japan Embassy Nishi-Naga Tomofumi Economic Corporation on the issue of polluted water discharge in the Fukushima nuclear power plant this morning.

Kwon Se-jung, Director General of the Ministry of Climate, Environmental and Environmental Sciences, delivered a written statement to Nishinagawa Corporation asking for confirmation of the facts about the ocean's release of polluted water and the Japanese government's explanation, along with concerns of our government.

Kwon suggested that both Korea and Japan seek to ensure that treatment of contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear power plant does not affect the health and safety of our people as well as the surrounding marine ecosystems.

In addition, the Japanese government has asked the international community to provide more transparent and concrete explanations for measures, including the nuclear power plant treatment plan.

The international environmental group Greenpeace recently reported to the media that Abe and Tokyo Electric Power are planning to release more than 1 million tons of high-level radioactive pollutants accumulated in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power into the Pacific Ocean.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communications has been following up since it first announced its plan to actively respond to the issue of polluted water discharged from Fukushima last week.

Kang is also expected to address the issue at a diplomatic meeting held in Beijing this week.