Compensation is envisioned for businesses that have been in operation since before the water release plan, mainly in the fisheries, agriculture, tourism industries.
He also added South Korea will also demand an immediate halt of the release in the event that the concentration level of a single nuclide goes beyond the standards.
Malaysia is viewing the project as a potential export market for its green electricity, as it sets its sights on becoming ASEAN’s renewable energy hub.
Many workers are worried that commercial fishing will be adversely affected, as it was in the aftermath of the plant’s triple meltdown in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan…
Seoul and Tokyo also agreed to over five out of seven requests by President Yoon Suk Yeol to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during their summit earlier in July.
Although tourists aren't permitted to approach the rocks, the passage of tourism vehicles continues to detrimentally affect them.
As the festive season nears, concerns grow over the quality of drinking water, which has already fuelled cases of food poisoning and water-borne diseases—diarrhoea, dysentery,…
Tokyo Electric Power Company said that for fiscal 2023, which runs through the end of March 2024, it plans to release about 31,200 cubic metres of treated water.
Amid opposition from inside and outside the country, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the Fukushima plant to inspect the progress of the plan to release…
Businesses saw the proposed policy as unsustainable and warned that it might do more harm than good, citing the risks of slower economic growth and lower productivity.