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Tokyo has urged Beijing to "ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China" after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater.

While Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe - a view backed by the UN's nuclear watchdog - China has staunchly opposed it and banned all Japanese seafood imports, saying it contaminates the ocean.

The Japanese government on Sunday (Aug 27) published new data showing waters off Fukushima continued to post radioactivity levels well within safe limits.

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[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

The Japanese eat a huge amount of seafood. They aren't dumb enough to pollute their main source of protein more than what's deemed scientifically safe, and I trust them to do that.

This is just age old Chinese racism shrouded in greenwashing. I'd like to see the stats on the pollution flowing into the ocean from China. I guarantee it's 10x worse than anything Japan is doing.

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