Japan asserts Fukushima treated water safe in China, South Korea meeting

Japan on Saturday emphasized the safety of the ongoing release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, during a meeting of environment ministers involving China and South Korea."We have confirmed that there is no impact on people and the environment," Japanese Environment Minister Shintaro Ito told the meeting in Nagoya, central Japan. China has criticized Japan over the water release and imposed a blanket ban on Japanese seafood imports.Chinese Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu referred to "nuclear-contaminated water," as …READ FULL ARTICLE