Global lens: Nuke-tainted water fuels anger

Protests erupt over Japan's move to release wastewater from damaged nuclear power plant into Pacific Ocean

China Daily Global | Updated: 2023-09-01 09:33
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A protester in Tokyo holds a banner that reads in Japanese, "Don't throw contaminated water into the sea", during an Aug 25 rally against Japan's discharging of the nuclear wastewater. KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS

"Even if fishermen catch blue crabs, merchants do not take them even after their price plunged by more than half," Kim Young-bok, a 63-year-old fisherman from the southwest coastal county of Yeonggwang, said during the rally.

"Wholesale marine products markets (in Seoul, Busan and other cities) are seeing business drop," he said.

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