Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura met with the chairman of the Zenryoren (National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations) concerning a plan to dilute the handled water amassed on the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and launch it into the ocean. In this, the All-Gyoren facet reiterated their place in opposition to the discharge of the handled water, regardless that that they had deepened their understanding of the protection of the handled water.