Protesters storm Japanese embassy in Seoul over plan to release Fukushima wastewater

Japan began releasing radioactive water containing tritium from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, prompting anger from neighbouring countries. Shortly after engineers began the procedure to release the treated water at 1pm local time, the Chinese government imposed a complete ban on all seafood imports from Japan. Beijing said it was “highly concerned about the risk of radioactive contamination brought by Japan’s food and agricultural products exported to China”. #japan #korea #china Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.