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Published on: 11. September 2023

China's nationalists ignite new anger against Japan

September 3, 2023, Futaba, Japan: TEPCO official Matsuo Keisuke guides foreign media through the ALPS treated water dilution/discharge facilities and related facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeast Japan. A press tour guided by personnel of TEPCO explained the treated radioactive wastewater dilution and monitoring process before the release to the sea from the power station, managed by Tokyo Electric Power Company Futaba Japan - ZUMAm191 20230903_aap_m191_016 Copyright: xRodrigoxReyesxMarinx
The dumping of treated water from Fukushima is opening up old wounds in Sino-Japanese relations. The situation is more volatile than at any time since 2012. At that time, the dispute revolved around the Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands. Yet the two countries are hardly imaginable economically and culturally without each other.

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