Japan has started releasing treated radioactive water from the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant, prompting China to announce a ban on all aquatic products from Japan.
The seawater transfer pumps began the release into the Pacific Ocean shortly after 1pm local time (04:00 GMT) with plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announcing earlier that weather and sea conditions were suitable.
More than one million metric tonnes of the treated water, used to cool the wrecked reactors after the 2011 tsunami, is stored in some 1,000 tanks around the site and its removal is a key part of decommissioning the still highly dangerous facility.
The entire discharge process is expected to take as long as 40 years and has been mired in controversy.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from the Philippine capital, Manila.
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