CGTN published this video item, entitled “Japanese, South Korean lawmakers and civic groups gather to oppose nuclear wastewater discharge plan” – below is their description.
South Korean and Japanese opposition lawmakers and civic groups assembled in Fukushima on Sunday afternoon to voice their opposition to Japan’s plan to dump nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.
Representatives of South Korean civic groups said that the Japanese government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is a crime against humanity, and they will unite all possible forces to halt the discharge plan.
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Japan is an island country in East Asia located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan comprises an archipelago of 6,852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the country’s five main islands, from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is Japan’s capital and largest city.
Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.4 million residents.
Japan is a great power and a member of numerous international organizations, including the United Nations (since 1956), the OECD, and the G7. Japan is a leader in the automotive and electronics industries.
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions.