Qin Gang was known for his inflammatory statements. With the return of Wang Yi as foreign minister, expect an escalation of Chinese rhetoric.
Praising the IAEA report, the South Korean activists asked for information sharing as the discharge begins and that Seoul's experts be allowed to monitor it.
What is really behind the frenzy stirred up by South Korean opposition politicians, comfort women groups and media who are loudly protesting the Fukushima plan?
Japan's plan for releasing treated water from Fukushima Daiichi meets international safety standards. China can't say the same about its own tritium releases.
Prime Minister Kishida also hailed a "new era" in relations with South Korea when he met President Yoon at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The government should immediately act on the report of the IAEA. Hesitation will only give room to misinformation and malicious rumors.
Former PM Yoshihide Suga reflects on Shinzo Abe, the transformative legacy he left postwar Japan, and shares his thoughts about carrying that legacy forward.
China's Qinshan No 3 Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang Province emits roughly 143 trillion Bq of tritium, some 6.5 times more than planned at Fukushima Daiichi.
The IAEA has given approval to Japan's Fukushima water release following a thorough scientific probe shared with the public in a report delivered on July 4.
In Japan, tritium comes 10 times more in rainfall than would be released at Fukushima Daiichi. China and South Korea release far more of it.
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr toured Fukushima nuclear site, expressing confidence afterward in the safety efforts taken for releasing ALPS treated water.
The treated water release from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is safe. But South Korea's opposition parties have been weaponizing the issue for political gain.