The earliest meeting to be held within this month is planned by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida | Japan National Fisheries Association Federation | Plan
According to a report by Kyodo News Agency on the 16th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to hold talks with Yasuhisa Sakamoto, President of the National Fisheries Association of Japan, as soon as this month, to seek understanding of the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge plan into the sea, so that the government can smoothly initiate the discharge this summer.
According to the report, Fumio Kishida will promise to thoroughly ensure the safety of discharge into the sea and address the issue of image damage to the National Fisheries Association of Japan, in order to seek understanding from the fisheries association. According to the results of the meeting, Kishida will make a judgment on the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water before and after summer. The report speculates that the Japanese government may initiate sea discharge in August.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, recently held a press conference and stated that it will effectively abide by the commitment made to the Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Commission regarding the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. It also stated that it will widely release objective and transparent information domestically and internationally, and continue to provide detailed explanations to the local people. In 2015, the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company promised the Fukushima Prefectural Fishermen's Federation that they would not initiate a plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea without the understanding of all relevant parties.
According to a survey released by Kyodo News on the 16th, 80.3% of respondents believe that the government's explanation on this issue is not sufficient, and only 16.1% of respondents believe that the government's explanation is sufficient. The support rate of the Fumio Kishida government has continued to decline from 40.8% a month ago to 34.3%, approaching the lowest point since taking office, while the dissatisfaction rate has increased from 41.6% to 48.6%.