A bunch of South Korean opposition lawmakers protest towards the Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater discharge plan in Seoul, South Korea, July 10, 2023. /CFP
A bunch of South Korean opposition lawmakers on Monday departed for Japan to protest its deliberate discharge of radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear energy plant into the ocean.
Nine lawmakers of the primary opposition Democratic Party and two liberal independents flew to Japan earlier within the day for a three-day journey.
The lawmakers have been quoted by Yonhap news company as saying on the airport earlier than their departure that they might meet with politicians, consultants and civic activists in Japan to strengthen their solidarity battle and promote South Korea’s opposition to the nuclear wastewater launch by means of the worldwide media.
They vowed to do their finest to forestall the Fukushima wastewater discharge by means of worldwide cooperation.
After arriving in Tokyo, the lawmakers held a protest rally in entrance of the official residence of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in cooperation with Japanese civic activists, in keeping with the Democratic Party.
The South Korean lawmakers plan to make a protest go to to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regional Office in Tokyo and maintain a sit-in protest in entrance of the National Diet of Japan.
They additionally plan to announce a joint assertion with a gaggle of Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday opposing the discharge plan, maintain a press convention with overseas media retailers in Japan and a protest march on Wednesday.
Despite ongoing opposition from inside the nation and overseas, the Japanese authorities has been pushing for the summer season launch of the contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy plant, which was hit by an enormous earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in March 2011.Â
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(With enter from Xinhua)
Source: CGTN