Japan's plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear sewage into the Pacific Ocean has sparked strong opposition and condemnation from the international community. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on August 19 that this is an urgent issue that requires decisions at the national level, but the exact timing of the discharge has not yet been determined.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, the latest poll shows that there are 88One percent of Japanese people are concerned that the move will damage Japan's international image. Many people in Japan have also taken to the streets** to demand that the discharge of nuclear sewage into the sea be stopped. However, judging by the comments on Japan's Yahoo forum, the reason for the opposition of most Japanese is only that they are worried about affecting Japan's "great power status" and the export of related industries, and they do not seem to care about the harm caused to the earth, the sea, and neighboring countries. Therefore, Japan's choice may not face much resistance from within the country, unless it faces external oppression.
Japan has always claimed that the nuclear sewage it discharges is treated, harmless, and even drinkable. But if that's the case, why not use nuclear sewage to solve Tokyo's water crisis?Why not discharge nuclear sewage into your own lakes and rivers?Japan is unable to answer these questions and cannot provide a valid proof of the safety of nuclear wastewater. In fact, a German study showed that once nuclear sewage is discharged into the ocean, it can spread radioactive material throughout the Pacific Ocean within 57 days. This is a self-evident threat to marine ecology and human health, but Western countries and environmental groups have turned a blind eye to it. South Korea** has also changed from the initial strong opposition to reaching a consensus with Japan, agreeing that this is the most realistic way to deal with it. Japan thinks it's saving money, but it's making the world pay for its problems. In the past few years, Japan has repeatedly proposed plans to discharge nuclear sewage into the sea, both to test the reaction of the international community and to try to get the international community to fund it to solve the nuclear sewage problem, but it may be counterattacked by the iron fist of the surrounding powers.
Japan recently revealed that China and Russia had submitted a list of 20 questions to Japan in July, requiring Japan to "discharge" Fukushima nuclear sewage into the atmosphere, and advocating the treatment of nuclear sewage by evaporation. But Japan** rejected this suggestion because this method is more time-consuming and 10 times more expensive than discharging into the sea. Japan** estimates that it will only cost 3.4 billion yen to drain the sea, while it will cost 34.9 billion yen (about 17.9 billion yen) to evaporate500 million RMB).
The list of questions from China and Russia was made before Japan decided to drain the sea, and it was also the last warning to Japan. After Japan's refusal, China's customs announced that it would continue to ban the import of food from 10 prefectures (capitals) including Fukushima in Japan, and strengthen monitoring. Japan** strongly opposes this. But this is just the beginning, and if Japan does start discharging into the sea, then China may impose a total ban on all agricultural, animal husbandry, fishery products and food products in Japan. Such sanctions can also use the power of the Japanese people to put pressure on Japan** to reconsider their decision. At the moment, Fumio Kishida's approval rating has been low, and a poll at the end of July showed that only about 30% of people supported him, and he will soon enter the "danger zone". We can take this opportunity to introduce more sanctions and give him a boost.
In addition, in recent days, China and Russia jointly dispatched 11 ships** from the Pacific Ocean through the Miyako Strait between Kumejima-Okinawa and Miyako Island, and sailed to the East China Sea, causing "nervousness" in Japan. In recent years, Chinese and Russian warships and planes have made more and more frequent joint patrols around Japan, and at the same time, Chinese and Russian electronic reconnaissance ships have often approached Japan for reconnaissance. These are all deterrents to the U.S.-Japan alliance and Japan's displacement into the sea. Although they have not yet really started it, both China and Russia have reserved the right to hold Japan accountable for polluting the earth's environment, and there will be no shortage of means when the time comes.
However, in the final analysis, the evaporation plan proposed by China and Russia only needs more than 1.7 billion yuan, which is not a very big number for Japan, and there were rumors before that Japan prepared 80 billion yen of nuclear sewage discharge into the sea**, which shows that there must be a deeper reason behind Japan's discharge into the sea, and the silence of the United States and Europe is not without reason.