![]() ![]() Japan is planning to filter the 1.3 million tonnes of wastewater sitting in huge storage tanks at the Fukushima power plant using a highly specialised filtration system, called Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS). The politicians don't have any evidence in saying this," he said. Jim Smith, professor of Environmental Science at the University of Portsmouth, said the claims around the risks of Fukushima's wastewater release had "no basis in science". Major Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido Co recently saw its largest weekly stock plunge in nearly 10 months, with its shares down 6.8 per cent. As an ordinary person, I just want to live a healthy and safe life." "I'm doing this for the ecology of the entire Earth. "I don't deny Japan has great culture and great products, but a wrong decision is a wrong decision," she said. She shared her boycott plan with the hope that economic losses would prompt companies to pressure the government to stop the wastewater release plan. ![]() Zoey Qi, 28, said she was formerly a user of an array of Japanese products from cosmetics to clothing, but she decided to "start to boycott all Japanese products now". While some experts dismissed these fears as government propaganda, on social media, some consumers said they were not taking any chances. "The conclusion was not shared by all experts," China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Īuthorities in Hong Kong recently said they had "repeatedly expressed grave concern about the impact of the discharge plan on food safety", and planned to impose some curbs on seafood from high risk areas once the release of wastewater begins. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said a two-year review showed Japan's plan for the release would have negligible environmental impact.īut Beijing said the IAEA released its report in "haste" and it "failed to fully reflect views from experts that participated in the review". The nuclear plant, devastated in 2011 by a magnitude-8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, is set to release more than a million tonnes of radioactive water. Anxiety is rising among Japan's neighbours ahead of a plan to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.Ĭalls to boycott Japanese exports, from seafood to cosmetic products, spread across social media after the Chinese government announced it would tighten its scrutiny of food from Japan and maintain curbs on some imports. ![]()
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