TOKYO: 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 nu
TOKYO: 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 andwaters off Fukushima continued to post radioactivity levels well within safe limitsCalls from China began flooding Japanese businesses from Thursday, when operator TEPCO started releasing water used to cool the stricken nuclear reactors atJapanese businesses and groups, ranging from a concert hall in Tokyo to an aquarium in northern Iwate, reported...
Hiroyuki Namazu, a senior Japanese diplomat in charge of Asian and Oceanian affairs, voiced his regret about the calls and told senior officials at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo to call for calm in China, the Japanese foreign ministry said in a statement late Saturday. Similar incidents have also occurred in China against Japanese facilities, Namazu told Chinese embassy officials, according to the statement.
"We strongly urge the Chinese government to take appropriate measures, such as calling on its citizens to act calmly, and to take all possible measures to ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China and Japanese diplomatic missions in China."
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