Russia is contemplating joining China in banning seafood imports from Japan, following the release of treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Fukushima water conundrum: Russia could ban Japanese seafood import after China

Japan’s Thursday release of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has become South Korea’s latest domestic political football, as resistance against the plan threatens to thaw ties between the neighbours.

‘Act of terror’: South Korea’s divisions deepen over Fukushima water dump

In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, North Korea's foreign ministry called for an immediate halt to Japan's release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean.

N Korea slams Japan's release of treated nuclear wastewater from Fukushima, demands immediate halt

Japan on Thursday (August 24) began releasing treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima-Daiich nuclear plant, said TEPCO, the operator of the plant. The discharge will release around 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of water into the Pacific Ocean.

Japan begins releasing wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant amid fears of sea contamination

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday to highlight the safety of an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, a divisive plan that his government wants to start soon despite protests at home and abroad.

Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday (August 22) announced that the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific will start on Thursday (August 24), amid opposition from fishermen and China.

Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant to start releasing wastewater on Thursday

Japan's Kishida visits Fukushima plant to highlight safety before start of treated water release

Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Hundreds rally in S Korea against Fukushima wastewater release plan

We all know about water pollution. We know about tiny fraction of total water on Earth that's actually drinkable. We know that wastewater from factories affects river, lakes and seas.

Treated wastewater? It'll still affect our rivers

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might start collecting wastewater from aeroplanes on international routes to track emerging coronavirus variants.

US plans to sample airline wastewater as COVID-19 cases rise in China

Japan's nuclear regulator has approved a plan to discharge radioactive wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Japan gives nod to release Fukushima nuclear plant wastewater into sea

A new study conducted by Johns Hopkins University has revealed record levels of coronavirus across the United States. Early in the pandemic, a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus, hoping to detect rising infections early.

Record levels of coronavirus revealed in wastewater samples across United States

Swarms of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, causing algae blooms that have damaged coral reefs and threatened fish in an unfolding catastrophe, a US-based expert said Monday.

Visible from space: Human waste, sewage, wastewater dumped by China on the South China Sea

A superbug that loves human waste has been grown from scratch at a sewage plant in Queensland in an Australian first.

Lab grown superbug to treat sewage water in Australia

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