TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad.
'The government has reached the final stage where we should make a decision,' Kishida told reporters in Washington, D.C. on Friday after wrapping up his summit with United States President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the American presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland.
Japan, South Korea and the US are working to bolster trilateral ties in the face of growing Chinese and North Korean threats.Kishida said the outreach efforts have made progress, but he did not mention a starting date for the water release, which is widely expected to be at the end of August. He said the decision would factor in safety preparations and measures for possible reputation damage on the fisheries. Japanese media reports say his ministers will decide the date at a meeting next week.
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