Japan Fishers Rap Plan To Dump Fukushima Water Into Sea

The head of Japan's national fisheries cooperatives opposes the planned discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Photo Insert: The National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives demanded that government take full responsibility for any negative impact on the industry.

"We cannot support the government's stance that an ocean release is the only solution," said Masanobu Sakamoto, president of JF Zengyoren, or the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives, and he demanded that government take full responsibility for any negative impact on the industry.

A release is expected to begin this summer, though the exact date has not been set. Sakamoto met Economy and Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Thursday and handed him a statement of objection to the treated wastewater release plan.

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