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A man walks past dislodged paving stones at the Shika Town hall in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture on Jan 2, 2024, a day after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture. - (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP)

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant - AFP

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Japan will begin releasing a second batch of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from October 5, its operator has said, an exercise that angered China and others when it began in August - AFP

Activists hold placards (L) reading "We are against contaminated water that kills whales" and (C) "Store it on land" as they take part in a rally in Seoul on Aug 26, 2023, against Japan's discharge of treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. - (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

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Fishery workers unload seafood caught in offshore trawl fishing at Matsukawaura port in Soma City, Fukushima prefecture on September 1, 2023, about a week after the country began discharging treated wastewater from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant - AFP

Since Aug 24, Japan has been releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean despite facing strong criticism and seafood import restrictions from China, North Korea, and Hong Kong. - Photo: 123rf

Japan had announced the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has triggered various reactions from the residents of neighbouring countries.

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