[Breaking News] Japan Begins Discharging Contaminated Water from Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Japan began discharging contaminated water (referred to as "treated water" by the Japanese government) from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean on the 24th.

It has been 2 years and 4 months since then-Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga decided in April 2021 to dispose of the contaminated water by releasing it into the ocean.

It has been about 12 and a half years since the Fukushima nuclear accident occurred due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.

On the morning of the 24th, when the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company began the ocean discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (referred to as "treated water" by the Japanese government), a participant held a fish-shaped doll with a radiation warning sign at the nationwide simultaneous press conference held by the Korean Federation for Environmental Movements and Seoul Environmental Federation at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. [Image source=Yonhap News]