A spate of crank calls have been made to entities in Japan from China since diluted treated water from the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant began to be released into the ocean from Aug 24. But many callers reached by The Yomiuri Shimbun in Shanghai and Beijing told the paper that they did so only “for kicks” or “to pass the time.”
The paper dialled the numbers from China displayed on caller IDs in Japan and found that many of the people who answered were in their teens and 20s. One person unilaterally criticised the ocean release, while many others said they called without much thought or sense of guilt.
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