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China News Service, August 21. According to a report by the Hankook Ilbo, the media recently interviewed a number of fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan and people who oppose the discharge of nuclear contaminated water. They said that the Japanese government said that the discharge was not dangerous, but the discharge of nuclear contaminated water that will continue for the next 30 years is worrying.

"The Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company said that the sewage discharged in the past year has not caused any harm to people's health, but who can tell what impact it will have in 10, 20 or 30 years?" said Haruo Ono, a fisherman in Fukushima Prefecture.

Ono Haruo, 72, said he started working on a ship when he was 15, and his three children followed in his footsteps, and his grandchildren all live in Fukushima. However, the discharge of nuclear contaminated water in Fukushima has had a huge impact on his life.

Fukushima's fishing industry was hit hard after the 2011 nuclear leak, and although fishermen's expectations were raised when Japan lifted restrictions on the transportation of all fish in 2020, the subsequent discharge of nuclear contaminated water has renewed their concerns.

The Japanese government, however, calls this concern about nuclear contaminated water "wind damage," meaning damage caused by false rumors. Ono said, "Sewage will continue to be discharged into the sea for decades to come. Can we really predict the damage this behavior will cause to the ocean?"

Ryuko Muto, leader of the plaintiff group of the "Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Complaints and Prosecution Group," said they would sue the management of Tokyo Electric Power Company and hold it accountable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.

From August 24, 2023 to the present, it has been nearly a year since the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan discharged nuclear contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, and the eighth round of discharge is currently underway.