China and its Pacific allies have criticised the water release despite safety assurances from Japan and the IAEA.
TEPCO says that the water -- more than 500 Olympic pools' worth -- from cooling the remains of three reactors has been filtered of all radioactive elements except for tritium and is safe.
Most analysts agree although environmental pressure group Greenpeace has said that the filtration process, known as ALPS, does not work and that a vast amount of radioactivity will be released into the ocean. Nishimura on Friday echoed Prime Minister Fum io Kishida in urging China, Japan's biggest market for seafood, to reverse the ban.
South Korea's government, which is trying to improve relations with Japan in order to counter China, has endorsed the water release although some ordinary people are alarmed.
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