Japanese decry nuke wastewater discharge on Marine Day


TOKYO: Multiple activities were held among the Japanese public in opposition to Japan’s plan of dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea, as the country celebrated its Marine Day by giving thanks to the ocean and its blessings.

In Iwaki city of Fukushima prefecture, about a hundred Japanese, including residents and those who work in the fishing industry, gathered under the scorching sun to decry the government’s planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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