Japan expressed concern over the issue on Monday. “abuse” to some of its citizens with Chinese After the start of discharge of purified water from the damaged power plant fukushima.
“Since the start of the dewatering on August 24, there have been disturbing actions from China and other countries,” Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said at a news conference today. said.
According to Matsuno, the Japanese Administrator asked China to take appropriate measures to “transmit accurate information” as well as ask its people to “remain calm” and warned Japanese citizens of any retaliation.
“I am aware that there are movements in China not to buy Japanese products, and there is also information that citizens’ trips to Japan have been cancelled,” the government spokesman said, not providing information on the consequences of these actions on the Japanese economy. . .
Masataka Okano, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, said: asked its citizens to refrain from speaking Japanese they can go on the street or to the Japanese Embassy or Consulate when they encounter any problems.
“Since the beginning of the release of purified water from Fukushima, there have been numerous protests, harassment and phone calls to Japanese organizations. Please be very cautious of such situations if you are planning to stay or travel to or are currently in China. and harassment.”, a statement from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was collected this Sunday.
Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan’s Komeito party, a partner in the government coalition, also announced that he will postpone his planned visit to the Asian giant this weekend.
This comes after Japan started dumping on oil last week. Pacific Ocean Purified water from damaged power station It’s a measure that China opposes due to space constraints.
Last week, Beijing announced the suspension of all fisheries imports from Japan in order to “avoid the risk of radioactive contamination”, while Tokyo advocated “transparency” in the discharge.