Japan PM tells fisheries minister to apologise for calling Fukushima wastewater 'contaminated'

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tastes seafood from Fukushima region during his visit to Toyosu fish market in Tokyo August 31, 2023, in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered his fisheries minister to apologise on Thursday for referring to treated radioactive water being released from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant as "contaminated" and told him to retract his remark.

Fisheries minister Tetsuro Nomura was heard calling the treated radioactive water "contaminated" when speaking to reporters earlier in the day following a meeting with Kishida.