Following rounds of negotiations, China and Japan recently reached agreement on the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the ocean.
According to the statement published at the official website of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan has explicitly committed to doing its utmost to avoid leaving a negative impact on human health and the environment, and will conduct continuous evaluations of the impact on the marine environment and marine ecosystems. Japan welcomes the establishment of a long-term international monitoring arrangement within the International Atomic Energy Agency framework, and will ensure that China and all other stakeholders can participate substantively in the arrangement. Participating countries can carry out independent sampling and monitoring as well as inter-laboratory comparisons.
China will gradually resume imports of Japanese aquatic products that meet the regulation requirements and standards after China participates substantively in the international monitoring and after third-party independent sampling and other monitoring activities are carried out.
On October 10, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru during the leaders’ meetings on East Asia Cooperation in Vientiane, Laos. Both sides agreed to increase communication and cooperation.
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