Asia is rowing about Fukushima nuclear wastewater
China says Japan is treating the ocean like a sewer. That’s rich
A DOZEN YEARS after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant, it still casts a pall over life in Japan. Many of over 100,000 residents evacuated from around the nuclear plant at the time of the accident remain displaced. Abroad, Fukushima’s legacy is now exacerbating the region’s bilious, disputatious and grievance-laden geopolitics.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “A drop in the ocean”
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