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The Yomiuri Shimbun Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday.
Jiji Press
16:48 JST, June 15, 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Visiting Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. on Wednesday showed understanding for the planned release into the sea of treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
At a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, the president said he understood Japan’s efforts to ensure the safety of the water release, based on his visit a day earlier to the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plant in Fukushima Prefecture.
Kishida stressed that Japan will never release the treated water in a way that affects human health and the marine environment.
Meanwhile, the two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific region in the face of China’s growing influence in the South Pacific.
