FOCUS: Japan has long way to convince skeptics on Fukushima water release

The release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea could exacerbate concerns about how Japanese marine products are viewed overseas.Gaining effective approval of the plan by the U.N. nuclear watchdog was seen by some as a last-ditch effort by Japan to get the European Union and countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Norway to either accept the release or lift import restrictions on food products.Still, disaster management experts say more action is needed to fully gain consumers' confidence in products from the areas around the …READ FULL ARTICLE