Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment event on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023.
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean last month, and faced harsh criticism from China which immediately banned all seafood imports from Japan.
Japan says the water release is safe, noting that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has also concluded that the impact it would have on people and the environment was "negligible."
"Prime Minister Kishida explained that the data monitored since last month's (water) discharge has been made public in a prompt and highly transparent manner.
The Fukushima water release was among topics at Kishida's meetings with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Japan foreign ministry said in separate statements.
Persons:
Fumio Kishida, Evelyn Hockstein, Kishida, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, Hikariko Ono, Ono, Li Qiang, Tayyip Erdogan, Mark Rutte, Anthony Albanese, Narendra Modi, Katya Golubkova, Chizu
Organizations:
Global Infrastructure, REUTERS, International Atomic Energy Agency, British, World Trade Organization, IAEA, Dutch, Australian, Indian, Thomson
Locations:
New Delhi, India, DELHI, Japan, China, Saudi, Indonesia