STORY: Japanese fishery industry reiterates opposition to planned release of Fukushima radioactive wastewater into sea
DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:04
LOCATION: Tokyo
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Japanese fishery industry
2. various of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
3. various of Japanese fishery industry
4. various of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meeting with Masanobu Sakamoto, head of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (Source: Prime Minister's Office of Japan)
5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASANOBU SAKAMOTO, Head of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (Source: Prime Minister's Office of Japan)
6. various of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

STORYLINE:

Japan's national fisheries federation reiterated its continued opposition to the government's planned release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean on Monday during a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Masanobu Sakamoto, head of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations, said the group continued to oppose the ocean release project, which would erode the reputation of seafood from Fukushima and nearby areas.

SOUNDBITE (Japanese): MASANOBU SAKAMOTO, Head of Japan's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations
"Our opposition to the ocean release project without the understanding of the fishing industry and the public has not changed at all."

The meeting came before Kishida is expected to hold a gathering of relevant cabinet ministers on Tuesday morning to formally determine the starting date of the release of radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo.
(XHTV)