Key Points
Japan said Sunday its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijings concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.P)..
The discharges have been opposed by fishing groups and neighboring countries especially China, which banned all imports of Japanese seafood..
During the talks held Saturday in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, Japanese officials provided science-based explanation of how the discharges have been safely carried out as planned, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry..
A 2011 earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima plant s power supply and reactor cooling functions, triggering meltdowns of three reactors and causing large amounts of radioactive wastewater to accumulate..
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping at their summit meeting in November agreed to hold scientific talks by experts, and the countries have since held a number of informal meetings..
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