Chinese citizens, spurred on by Beijing’s angry denunciation of Japan’s decision to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear site, are urging boycotts.
of themselves giving whomever answered the phone in Japan an earful about the dangers of releasing the water.Many said they were retaliating for supposed Japanese calls to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, as reported by the People’s Daily, the official Chinese Communist Party newspaper.
The International Atomic Energy Agency , after conducting a two-year review, concluded last month that Japan’s plan meets international safety standards and would have “negligible” radiological impact on people and the environment. “I’ll never buy another Japanese product as long as I live,” said one social media user, who declined to give their name to foreign media. “Japan must pay a price if it insists on doing its own thing.”
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