An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "We will continue to communicate our position and concerns to the Japanese side on various occasions," said the new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's reconfirmation of the policy of discharging contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
"The decision of one side was made without sufficient consultation with neighboring countries," the official said.
In this process, he emphasized that Japan is responding to Japan's unilateral release of contaminated water into the sea by putting the health and safety of the people first.
In addition, he said, "We will cooperate with the international community, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to transparently and thoroughly verify all processes of the treatment of contaminated water."
After visiting the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant for the first time since taking office yesterday (17th), Prime Minister Kishida told reporters about the discharge of contaminated water, "I felt deeply that it cannot be delayed. It is important to explain with transparency."
The Japanese government's plan to filter contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant through an ALPS and discharge it into the sea was announced as planned.
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