![]() ![]() The treated contaminated water will be highly diluted and released gradually into the Pacific Ocean over many years. The IAEA has insisted the planned release is safe, meets international standards and matches what nuclear plants do around the world, including those in the United States. ![]() “Let’s not forget: If they end up making some mistakes or errors, this highly radioactive water could bring an enormous impact to food safety once it enters the ecosphere of the ocean,” Tse told a news briefing Wednesday. Several of Japan’s neighbors, including South Korea, have expressed concerns about the safety of its food exports despite assurance from Tokyo and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEAA) that releasing treated radioactive waste water will have a negligible impact. ![]() The move comes less than a week after Beijing announced a similar ban on Japanese seafood exports to mainland China, citing concerns over health and safety. Hong Kong bought 75.5 billion yen ($536 million) worth of seafood from Japan in 2022, making it Japan’s second biggest market for fishery exports behind mainland China, according to the Japanese government. Japanese food is hugely popular in Hong Kong, which has more than 2,000 Japanese restaurants. Tse Chin-wan, the city’s secretary for environment and ecology, said Wednesday the ban would include all “live, frozen, refrigerated and dried products or those preserved in other ways,” as well as sea salt and seaweed. Hong Kong, one of the world’s biggest buyers of Japanese fish, says it will ban seafood imports from 10 prefectures in the country if Tokyo presses ahead with its plan to release treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea. ![]()
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