Nuclear waste water discharge brings many hazards

 Local time on August 24 at 10:00 am, the Japanese (special) Fukushima Prefecture, Shinichi area fishermen have returned to Hong Kong, three hours later, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant activated the nuclear pollution water discharge. According to the Tokyo News on the 25th, the dark-skinned fishermen who got up early in the morning and returned with a full load, but they did not look happy and said with concern, “Today's fish are not affected by contaminated water, but what happens after tomorrow?”? "All the fishermen are crying, the government is so stupid," the Fukushima fishermen said of the nuclear discharge. China has suspended all imports of Japanese aquatic products after Japan started sea-draining. Japan's NHK television said Japanese fishermen and aquaculture workers were“Shocked” and“Will not be able to survive in the future”, while the Tokyo News noted that in the Chinese market, japanese aquatic products are gradually being replaced by Australia, Norway and other places and China's indigenous aquatic products. 24 am, fishermen rushed to Fukushima prefecture before the discharge of contaminated water back to port. “No one can accept it,” the fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture said of Japan's handling of the contaminated water, according to the Tokyo News. “It is a violation of the fishermen's heart.” But they said they were frustrated, no matter how they object, they can not stop the Japanese government's action, “There is no choice but to accept.”. Fukushima's fishermen are not alone in their anxiety. Fishermen in other Japanese prefectures and cities who have fished for generations, as well as those who rely on Chinese exports, have been banned from importing Japanese seafood, Japan's NHK television reported on the 25th, also affected, said“Can not survive as a fisherman”, “Feel that everything is futile”... ... meanwhile, some Japanese fishermen have canceled fishing this season, and the aquaculture industry has called for government support.

Nakajima wing from Kashima, Japan, grows seaweed while fishing for jellyfish. On the afternoon of the 24th, he received a phone call from the export distributor, and was informed to cancel the aquatic product trade. So, he decided to cancel the jellyfish fishing work from 25. “I was going to go fishing as usual, but I was shocked when it stopped. At this time of year, jellyfish are my only source of income, so I'm worried about what will happen after next year,” Nakajima said.”. A seafood processing plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan, has been expanding exports to China for some time. “I was surprised by China's decision to completely suspend imports of Japanese aquatic products,” Nakazawa, the company's head of sales, told NHK. The Chinese market is huge and we are developing products to meet Chinese demand, which means we have been wasting time. I hope the government will act and resume exports as soon as possible. “If the suspension of imports is extended, I will not be able to survive as a scallop fisherman,” said Masahiro Ogawa, a fisherman in Hokkaido, Japan, he has been farming scallops for two years, and China is a major exporter of Hokkaido scallops, so he wants the Japanese government to take effective measures. As Japanese fishermen and fish traders mourn, the Tokyo News has found that in the Chinese market, Japanese fish are gradually being replaced by products from Australia, Norway and other parts of China.

August 23-25, the 17th Shanghai International Fisheries Expo is being held. Japanese media said that from more than 20 countries and regions of 4,000 enterprises to participate in the exhibition, but only a small number of Japanese companies.

“Japan still has five tons of stock to ship to China, so we have to return it,” lamented the general manager of a Chinese sea-going processing company who was attending the meeting when news of the start-up emerged. Another seafood-processing company executive added: “Now we will look at the situation first. If we can not clear customs, we will increase the production of local aquatic products in China.”

On the other side of the Expo, a tuna-cutting show by a Chinese importer drew a crowd. Japanese media noted that the tuna used came from Australia, not Japan, and that Japanese tuna had been a popular product at the fair. In response to the news that China had suspended all imports of Japanese aquatic products, the head of the importer said, “We have found alternatives and are completely unaffected.”.

At 13:00 local time on August 24, the Japanese government ignored the strong doubts and opposition of the international community and unilaterally imposed the Fukushima nuclear accident pollution discharge into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Company announced at an interim press conference on the matter, today's estimated amount of contaminated water discharge of 200 to 210 tons, daily emissions will be announced the next day. The first discharge of about 460 tons per day, lasting 17 days, a total of about 7,800 cubic meters of nuclear contaminated water.

On August 22, the governments of Hong Kong (special topics) and Macao SAR announced that food imports from 10 prefectures of Japan would be banned from August 24. The head of the import and Export Food Safety Bureau of the general administration of Customs said on the 24th that in order to prevent radioactive contamination Japanese food from being exported to China and protect people's lives and health, the general administration of Customs (GAC) is conducting an ongoing risk assessment of Japanese food radioactive contamination and has adopted enhanced regulatory measures for Japanese food imports on a strict safety basis.

At the same time, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries Rudu announced that Japan will import food to take strict testing measures. Japanese media cited Fisheries Agency data showing that in 2022, the country's aquatic exports totaled about 387 billion yen ($2.6 billion) and had been on the rise for the past few years. About 22.5% of Japan's aquatic products are exported to China. China is the largest exporter, and scallops, bonito and tuna are the main types of fish exported to China. At least 700 Japanese companies that export directly or indirectly to China will be affected by the new measures, with secondary and tertiary traders also expected to be affected, according to the latest data from Imperial Data Bank of Japan.

Japanese media pointed out that China occupies a“Fault” leading position in Japan's aquatic products exports, a number of Japanese aquaculture and processing companies have been“In a panic” after the announcement of the Chinese control measures: the President of an aquaculture company in Fukuoka admitted that his“Mind went blank” after hearing the news; an aquaculture processing company in Hokkaido looked at the dozens of tons of frozen scallops in its freezer that had not yet been loaded, and the staff of the local fisheries association felt even more helpless and said, “The time has come.”. ... for a moment, japan's domestic aquaculture industry-related personnel“Everywhere,” “Fishermen all over the country are very surprised by this,” the head of the National Federation of Fisheries Associations told West Village, the economy minister, in a frantic phone call

Japan's finance minister, Junichi Suzuki, said on the 25th that it had a huge impact on domestic aquatic product-related practitioners in Japan, and that they should seriously consider what relief measures can be taken, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Economy and industry were requested to study feasible countermeasures as soon as possible. Nomura, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said of the Chinese measures that it was “Very surprised and totally unexpected”. Not only have exports suffered, but many Japanese fisheries and aquaculture processing industries have recently revealed that domestic consumers have also stopped buying aquatic products. Hiroshi Endo, who runs an aquatic product processing company in Miyagi Prefecture, said supermarkets in Shizuoka Prefecture, which had been working with him, had suspended purchases of aquatic products from the area, he had just been returned 50 boxes of scallops by a Hong Kong customer and was completely upset. “Why are even Japanese nationals like this?” He asked, on August 24th Wu Jianghao, China's ambassador to Japan, stressed that it was both natural and absolutely necessary for the Chinese government to announce a complete moratorium on imports of japanese-origin aquatic products. The responsibility for this situation lies entirely with the Japanese side, which should reflect on itself.