Tokyo | Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday to highlight the safety of an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, a divisive plan that his government wants to start soon despite protests at home and abroad.
His trip comes hours after he returned home on Saturday from a summit with US and South Korean leaders at the American presidential retreat of Camp David. Before leaving Washington, Mr Kishida said it was time to make a decision on the treated water’s release date, which has not been set due to the controversy surrounding the plan.
