Kishida: Japan to Start Fukushima Water Release as soon as Thursday (Update 1)

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Tanks of treated water are seen at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

The government decided to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean as soon as Thursday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.