What "divine operations" has the Japanese government done?, To whitewash the atrocities of polluting the sea in Fukushima, Japan | Water discharge into the sea | Japanese government

The Japanese government announced on the 22nd that the nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be discharged into the sea from August 24th, and related preparations have entered the final stage. In recent years, the Japanese government has vigorously promoted the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea, embellishing the contaminated water powder as "treated water" and continuously brainwashing the Japanese people and the international community with this.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grosi, visits the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

Using international organizations and experts as "talismans"

In early July, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grossy, released the IAEA's comprehensive assessment report on the discharge of contaminated water from Fukushima in Japan in Tokyo. Grossy stated that Tokyo Electric Power Company's nuclear contaminated water discharge plan complies with international safety standards.

In fact, the Japanese government had already regarded this report as a reasonable "pass" for the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea even before its release. The Japanese Prime Minister stated in early July that the official start of sea discharge will be further confirmed based on the overall evaluation after the report is released. That is to say, the Japanese government seems to have a clear understanding of the content of the report.

After the release of the IAEA report, it caused a sensation in the international community. The Korean National Daily directly pointed out that when the IAEA was testing Japan's plan to discharge pollutants into the sea, in order to urgently issue a report, the originally planned three analysis tests were compressed into one, and the analysis results issued were meaningless. The South Korean Democratic Party stated that the IAEA report lacks scientific basis and is "full of empty talk". "They have not considered any alternative solutions other than disposing of nuclear wastewater in the ocean. There is also no content in the report about the accumulation of nuclear energy materials in the human body and marine environmental pollution."

Former commentator for Kyodo News Agency in Japan, Satoshi Okada, mentioned that the IAEA report did not prove the legitimacy of the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea, but only evaluated the performance of the discharge equipment and the impact of radioactive substances contained in the "treated water" in water storage tanks on the environment. "Japanese media also transformed into government" cheerleaders ", vigorously hyping and criticizing the argument against the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea."

In addition, the Japanese government has successively invited foreign scholars and international institutions to whitewash their "detoxification actions". In the first half of 2023, Japan invited a professor from the University of Oxford in the UK, stating that the nuclear contaminated water had been treated thoroughly and its danger had been exaggerated. In early June, a professor from the pharmacy department of Chungbuk University in South Korea also followed suit and made a statement that "nuclear contaminated water can be consumed.". In early July, Grosi claimed in a media interview that he could "drink nuclear contaminated water" and "swim in nuclear contaminated water". Some mainstream Japanese media amplify the coverage of such remarks, but turn a blind eye to the voices of opposition.

The director of the South Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute denied the relevant statements and emphasized that nuclear contaminated water cannot be used as drinking water. "The average tritium concentration in Fukushima nuclear wastewater is 620000 Becquerels per liter, while the benchmark for drinking water is 10000 Becquerels. Nuclear contaminated water far falls short of drinking standards."

Fukushima wine and Fukushima Dim sum prepared by G7 Hiroshima Summit International Media Center

Strongly promoting "Fukushima nuclear food" on the international stage

Once nuclear contaminated water is discharged into the sea, food safety will inevitably raise concerns among all parties. The Japanese government began paving the way for the plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea many years ago.

Before the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese government vigorously promoted that food from Fukushima had appeared on the tables of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics athlete villages. The head of Fukushima Prefecture, responsible for the food supply for the Tokyo Olympics, stated that the food list submitted to the organizing committee includes peaches, tomatoes, cucumbers, rice, pork, and chicken. The idea is to eliminate people's concerns about the safety of Fukushima food by allowing athletes from various countries to taste it.

However, this idea ultimately came to naught. Due to multiple participating countries questioning Fukushima Food, the Tokyo Olympic Village cafeteria did not indicate the origin of the ingredients. The Japanese government's original plan to set up a special area in the cafeteria to introduce ingredients from the disaster stricken areas of Fukushima has also been cancelled. Tokyo News reported that "the plan to promote Fukushima ingredients globally ultimately fell through."

At this year's G7 summit, Japan repeated its old tricks in an attempt to promote the charm of Japanese culinary culture through this international conference. At the dinner party and some social occasions of the G7 summit, Japan provided Japanese liquor produced by a time-honored company in Fukushima Prefecture, which is made from local rice and water in Fukushima Prefecture. In addition, Japan also provides processed foods produced in Fukushima Prefecture for international media centers that gather journalists from various countries, such as fruit juice, carbonated drinks, drinks, Dim sum, etc. made of peaches produced in Fukushima.

Regarding this, according to an article published by the Tokyo branch of the South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo", according to the 2022 survey results, 40% of Japanese people believe that "even if the radioactive substance content in Fukushima food is below the standard value, it is difficult to accept" and "Fukushima food lacks sufficient information, and I do not want to take risks". Cheng Haozhe said that serving important guests visiting Japan with food that even Japanese people do not want to come into contact with is not a typical behavior of adding trouble? Even if politicians from various countries eat Fukushima food, they cannot immediately change their impression of Fukushima. Japan's efforts to promote it have the opposite effect.

At present, 11 countries and regions including China and South Korea still implement import restrictions on Fukushima Food. In early June, the South Korean Ministry of Marine Products stated that South Korea does not import Fukushima seafood and "will not let Japanese seafood, which concerns the public, circulate domestically.".

Scenery of Pacific Island Countries

Spare no effort to "bribe" Pacific island countries

The plan to discharge pollutants into the sea has not only sparked opposition from Japan's neighboring countries, but also raised concerns and doubts among Pacific island countries that value marine resources. In order to win over and persuade Pacific island countries, Japan has frequently shown goodwill to the countries in the region recently. Since February this year, the Japanese government has strengthened its interaction with Pacific island countries. In February and March, the Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister respectively held talks with Pacific island country leaders to introduce plans to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea, promising not to adopt forms of discharge that endanger the lives of Pacific island people and cause adverse effects. Japan has directly stated that it will participate in issues such as climate change and infrastructure construction that Pacific island countries attach great importance to through providing assistance.

In fact, in recent years, Japan has been providing support to Pacific island countries in areas such as climate change, including free funding, borrowing, and technological support. In 2017, Japan provided free assistance to Tonga to build a wind power system worth 2.1 billion yen. In 2019, Japan provided free assistance of 550 million yen to the Marshall Islands to strengthen healthcare. In 2021, Japan provided free assistance of 1 billion yen to Papua New Guinea in the construction of power facilities. Between 2010 and 2019, Japan assisted in the construction of over 360 schools in Pacific island countries.

Obviously, these countries have not accepted the issue of sewage discharge into the sea. The 18 member countries of the Pacific Island Forum have expressed "serious concern" about Japan's discharge into the sea. Forum member countries have repeatedly called on Japan to postpone its plan to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea.

Effortlessly whitewashing and conducting public relations everywhere. Under these tricks of the Japanese government in recent years, the international community and some Japanese citizens have not explicitly opposed the discharge of nuclear contaminated water into the sea. However, under the global gaze, as stated in the petition of the Japanese citizen group "Stop polluting the ocean! Citizen Conference", "The Japanese government's strong push for a sea discharge plan will lay a huge foundation for the future."

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