Japan's Suga regime's selfish decision

Japan's Suga regime's selfish decision

Professor Hosaka Yuji of Sejong University, an expert on Korea-Japan issues, condemned the Japanese government's plan to discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, calling it a selfish decision by the Suga regime.

Professor Hosaka, who attended the Democratic Party of Korea's Fukushima Pollutant Water Floor Task Force as an advisor, stressed that public opinion against Fukushima's discharge is growing in Japan at the "Indoor Task Force Launching Ceremony" held at the National Assembly on the 5th. He also criticized Japan for making a decision to release it after not waiting for 30 years, a "half-life" in which the amount of radioactivity decreases, saying it "doesn't make sense."

Referring to a survey on the pros and cons of contaminated water from nuclear power plants released by the Japan Atomic Energy Cultural Foundation in April, Professor Hosaka said, "In Japan, 52% of the respondents were against discharging." "We don't actually report much on this issue in Japan, but many Japanese are nonetheless opposed to the release of more than 50 percent," he said.

He then said, "On May 16, a civic group called 'Joint Action' held a rally with about 1,000 citizens in the middle of Tokyo to protest the release issue. 1,000 people in Japan is the same as 100,000 people in Korea," he said. "At that time, people said, 'It's the same as Japan invading other countries.'

Hosaka said, "Furthermore, Fukushima fishermen are completely opposed. Fishermen are taking the position that they can never accept it, saying, "I made a unilateral decision two years ago."

A contaminated water storage tank being stored at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan on February 22, 2023.

Professor Hosaka pointed out, "This was not reported in Korea, but Japan independently prohibits exports of freshwater fish, Fukushima rice, and mushrooms caught in the inland part of Fukushima," adding, "The Japanese government itself recognizes that inland rivers are extremely contaminated."

Furthermore, Professor Hosaka refuted the statement by Oxford University emeritus Professor Wade Allison, a radiation expert, that "Tokyo Electric Power could never deceive the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," pointing out that there was a controversy over Tokyo Electric Power's "polluted water dosimeter measurement" to 15,000 people.

Professor Hosaka said, "Because there is a precedent, the IAEA may be able to deceive if there is a gap," stressing that we should also look at how contaminated water samples are collected.

He then said, "In about 30 years, the contaminated water will be about 3 million tons (currently 1.3 million tons). Japan is not a country that cannot make twice as many tanks and provide sites as it is now, he said. "After 30 years, it will be a time when radiation materials are relatively not a problem, and after that, we can decide to release them."

"Prime Minister Suga decided to release it two years ago, and there was a lot of criticism in Japan because he said, 'This is the only way to revive Fukushima,'" he said. "The Suga regime should be criticized for not thinking about other countries in the world at all."

 

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