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Japan complains to China about harassment calls from Fukushima

The people of Japan have expressed their dissatisfaction to China as they received numerous impolite phone calls due to the Fukushima incident.

The calls originate from phone numbers associated with Chinese area codes. A restaurant chain in Fukushima said they received over 1,000 phone calls since last Thursday.
Tokyo has told people to be careful and not speak Japanese loudly if they visit China.

Beijing has been the main voice of disapproval for the release of treated waste water last week.

Tokyo has been giving daily updates, stating that there is no sign of radio activity in the seawater near the nuclear plant.

The Japanese government says that after releasing water, they received phone calls from Chinese numbers. These calls were made to government offices, schools, and even an aquarium.

The people on the phone speak in Chinese, Japanese and English – and sometimes say mean and hurtful things. They talk about how they disagree with Japan’s choice to release the treated nuclear water.

China said that the discharge was a very selfish and irresponsible thing to do.

On Thursday, it announced it will stop allowing seafood from Japan to be brought into the country.

At the moment, Tokyo wants to do regular checks for radiation in the water near the plant to calm down worries from nearby countries and fishing organizations.

The test scores will be made available every week for the next three months.

In the next 30 years, over 1 million tonnes of water stored at the nuclear plant will be released.

It has been adding up since 2011 when the plant was severely harmed by a big wave.

Japan says the water is not harmful and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog supports this decision. However, some people who disagree believe that the release of the water should be stopped.

The water is being cleaned to take out most radioactive substances and then mixed with other substances to make the amount of a radioactive form of hydrogen called tritium lower. Tritium is hard to separate from water.

The Environment Ministry found that tritium levels in samples taken from 11 places near the plant were very low, below the minimum limit that can be detected.

According to the statement, the water will not harm humans or the environment.

There are people who disagree with letting water out in South Korea. On Thursday, there were people in Seoul who tried to enter the Japanese embassy in protest.

South Korea sent nuclear experts to Fukushima on Sunday to watch how they released radioactive materials into the environment.

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