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Japan asks China to urge citizens to stop harassment over Fukushima wastewater

A person walks past a blue pipeline to transport seawater in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. © Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via Reuters

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked China on Monday to urge its citizens to halt acts of harassment, including crank calls and stone throwing at Japanese diplomatic facilities and schools, in response to Japan's release of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

“I must say it is regrettable,” Kishida said.

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