Hong Kong refuses to import seafood from Japan due to the release of water from the “Fukushima”

Hong Kong chief executive John Lee has announced that the city will stop importing seafood from Japan in response to the upcoming release of water from the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant. Reuters.

Earlier today, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announcedthat the discharge of water from the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant will start on August 24. On the same day, Hong Kong will stop importing seafood from the Japanese regions of Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama. The effect of the ban is not limited in time, said Mr. Li.

The Hong Kong authorities consider the decision to dump water from the Fukushima reservoirs irresponsible and create “incredible risks to food safety and irreparable pollution and destruction of the marine environment.”

The accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant occurred in 2011. The water used to cool the reactors was stored in tanks after purification. They are almost 90% full. In this regard, the authorities decided to dump the treated water.

Previously against this decision of the Japanese authorities spoke Russia and China. Chinese authorities also banned import of products from ten prefectures of Japan.

Kirill Sarkhanyants