South Korea, Japan leaders to meet; Fukushima radioactive water, North Korea missile launch focus

U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meet during a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday on the sidelines of a NATO summit, with the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant and North Korea expected on the agenda.

Japan plans to soon start releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water from its tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, a move which has stirred anger and concern among South Koreans.