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IAEA chief in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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IAEA chief in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) holds talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports.

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports. ==Kyodo

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports.

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after visiting a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) tries some seafood at a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tries some seafood at a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan marked the first anniversary the same day of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2024, shows a fishing vessel at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan marked the first anniversary the same day of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, containing treated radioactive water from the plant. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of the water's release into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, containing treated radioactive water from the plant. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of the water's release into the sea on Aug. 24.

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IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with fishery industry officials in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2024, for the first time since Japan began releasing into the sea treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in August 2023.

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Japanese food fair in Brussels

The Mission of Japan to the European Union sponsors a food fair at a hotel in Brussels on March 11, 2024, to promote Japanese food, especially that made in the country's northeastern region, in the European market, on the 13th anniversary of the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Event organizers served Japanese food to local journalists, food importers and restaurant operators. The event came as China continues to impose a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima plant into the sea.

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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JETRO event in Paris to promote Japanese scallops

A Japan External Trade Organization-sponsored event is held in Paris on Jan. 22, 2024, to promote Japanese seafood, especially scallops, in the European market, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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IAEA's 1st safety review on Fukushima water since discharge

Lydie Evrard, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks at a meeting with Japanese government officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2023, as the IAEA starts its safety review on the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

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IAEA's 1st safety review on Fukushima water since discharge

Members of an International Atomic Energy Agency task force exchange views with Japanese government officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2023, as the IAEA starts its safety review on the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

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IAEA's 1st safety review on Fukushima water since discharge

Gustavo Caruso (L), head of an International Atomic Energy Agency task force, speaks at a meeting with Japanese government officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2023, as the IAEA starts its safety review on the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

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Japan promotes food from Fukushima in U.S.

U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul (C), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, attends an event organized by the Japanese Embassy in the United States to promote food and sake from Fukushima at the Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Japan promotes food from Fukushima in U.S.

U.S. Congressman Mike Gallagher (R), who chairs the Select Committee on China, attends an event organized by the Japanese Embassy in the United States to promote food and sake from Fukushima at the Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Japan promotes food from Fukushima in U.S.

U.S. Congressman Mike Gallagher (front R), who chairs the Select Committee on China, attends an event organized by the Japanese Embassy in the United States to promote food and sake from Fukushima at the Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Japan promotes food from Fukushima in U.S.

U.S. Congressmen attend an event organized by the Japanese Embassy in the United States to promote Fukushima food and sake at the Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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ASEAN Plus Three meeting in Jakarta

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, R) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (front, L) walk to the so-called ASEAN Plus Three meeting in Jakarta on Sept. 6, 2023. The two leaders had a brief chat amid tensions over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

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ASEAN Plus Three meeting in Jakarta

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front, R) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang (front, L) walk to the so-called ASEAN Plus Three meeting in Jakarta on Sept. 6, 2023. The two leaders had a brief chat amid tensions over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

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Reconstruction minister visits Toyosu fish market

Japanese reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe (L) visits Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sept. 5, 2023. He ate seafood from Fukushima Prefecture to highlight its safety following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Reconstruction minister visits Toyosu fish market

Japanese reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe (R) visits Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sept. 5, 2023. He ate seafood from Fukushima Prefecture to highlight its safety following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Reconstruction minister visits Toyosu fish market

Japanese reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe eats raw fish during a visit to Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sept. 5, 2023, to highlight the safety of seafood from Fukushima Prefecture following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Reconstruction minister visits Toyosu fish market

Japanese reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe (L) visits Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sept. 5, 2023. He ate seafood from Fukushima Prefecture to highlight its safety following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Reconstruction minister visits Toyosu fish market

Japanese reconstruction minister Hiromichi Watanabe eats raw fish during a visit to Tokyo's Toyosu fish market on Sept. 5, 2023, to highlight the safety of seafood from Fukushima Prefecture following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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U.S. ambassador visits Fukushima products store

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (2nd from R) eats fish paste at a Fukushima Prefecture products store in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2023, to highlight the safety of fish caught off the northeastern Japan prefecture following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Japan PM Kishida on fisheries minister's remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2023, a day after the fisheries minister called treated radioactive water being released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant "contaminated."

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Japan PM Kishida on fisheries minister's remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2023, a day after the fisheries minister called treated radioactive water being released from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant "contaminated."

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Fukushima bottom trawling season

Boats leave port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, as bottom trawling starts off the prefecture after a two-month closure and for the first time since the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima bottom trawling season

Fish are unloaded at a port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, as bottom trawling starts off the prefecture after a two-month closure and for the first time since the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima bottom trawling season

Boats leave port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 1, 2023, as bottom trawling starts off the prefecture after a two-month closure and for the first time since the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Japanese Embassy in Beijing amid concerns over Fukushima water

Security officers patrol in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 31, 2023, due to security concerns amid strong opposition to Japan's recent start of disposing of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Week after start of Fukushima water release

A fisherman maintains fishing gear at a port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 31, 2023, a week after Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, located in the vicinity, into the sea.

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U.S. ambassador visits city near Fukushima plant

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (front, L) visits a fisheries cooperative association office in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Soma near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 31, 2023, following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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U.S. ambassador visits city near Fukushima plant

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets the press during a visit to the Fukushima Prefecture city of Soma near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 31, 2023, following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.