© Reuters. SUBMIT PHOTO: A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor after it began launching cured radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, seen from the close-by Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 25,2023 REUTERS/Tom Bat
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to look for a turnaround of Beijing’s restriction on all of its seafood imports after the release of dealt with radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi informed press reporters that Japan would take “needed action (on China’s water item restriction) under numerous paths consisting of the WTO structure”.
Filing a WTO grievance may end up being a choice if opposing to China through diplomatic paths is inadequate, Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi stated independently.
The remarks came as Japanese services and public centers continued to get harassment calls from contact number with the +86 Chinese nation code, with numerous reporting callers experiencing the Fukushima water release.
Fukushima prefectural federal government and public centers in the prefecture have actually gotten about 3,000 such calls, Kyoto News reported, pricing quote the prefecture guv.
The power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power has actually gotten about 6,000 such calls to date, regional media reported, and the federal government stated it was looking for aid from telecom business to obstruct the calls.
An increasing variety of landline phone users are asking for to obstruct foreign numbers, stated a representative at NTT Communications, a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (OTC:-RRB- system. NTT and other telephone company consisting of KDDI (OTC:-RRB- and SoftBank (TYO:-RRB- Corp are talking about steps following the federal government’s demand.
NTT East, which serves the eastern half of the nation consisting of Fukushima, stated it had actually established a customer support centre on Tuesday particularly for harassment calls from overseas, in reaction to the federal government’s plea.
” It is very regrettable and worrying about the a great deal of harassment calls that have actually most likely originated from China,” Trade Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura stated throughout a press conference. He stated that according to individuals of Fukushima some calls were even going to medical facilities.
” Human life is at stake now. Please stop the calls instantly,” Nishimura stated.
The minister stated the federal government was collecting info on the reports of motions to boycott Japanese items in China and would deal with magnate to deal with the scenario.
Japan is likewise carrying out interviews with regional travel bureau to collect details about the status of travel to Japan from China after media reports that some Japan-bound trips have actually been cancelled.
” Some travel bureau reacted that they had actually gotten cancellation demands while others stated they had actually gotten queries about the security of food and drinks, and the possibility of delaying or cancelling trips,” Japan’s Land Minister Tetsuo Saito informed press reporters.
The relocation followed China previously this month raised pandemic-era constraints on group trips for Japan and other essential markets.
