Japan's Construction of a Nuclear Waste Facility on Tsushima Island... "Government Must Demand Construction Halt"

Japan Pushes Forward with Nuclear Waste Facility Construction... 50km from Busan
Opposition Party: "Government and Ruling Party Must Strongly Protest to Japan"

The Tsushima City Council in Japan has passed a petition group to participate in the Japanese government's selection process for a high-level radioactive waste disposal site, while opposition parties have raised their voices demanding the government and ruling party to "call for a halt to construction."

According to earlier reports from Japanese media, the Japanese government is promoting the construction of a high-level radioactive waste treatment facility on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, located about 50 km in a straight line from Busan. Naoki Hitakatsu, mayor of Tsushima, announced that he would decide by the 27th whether to accept the petition group for the literature survey of the high-level nuclear waste site that passed the city council.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Party of the Democratic Party of Korea held a press conference at the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Press Center on the 25th of last month, stating, "Following the ocean discharge of nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima accident nuclear power plant, and now the construction of a permanent nuclear waste landfill on Tsushima visible from Busan and Geoje, Japan's behavior is tantamount to nuclear terrorism and a provocation of a second Pacific invasion war against the Republic of Korea and its people," and "We strongly condemn Japan, a war criminal state without remorse or repentance, for its reckless provocative nuclear waste rampage."

On the 25th, regional chairpersons of the Democratic Party of Korea's Gyeongnam Provincial Party held a press conference at the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Press Center, announcing a statement condemning the construction of a nuclear waste facility on Tsushima Island, Japan. Photo by Yonhap News Agency, Democratic Party of Korea Gyeongnam Provincial Party

They continued, "Not only the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge by Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company but also the construction of a permanent nuclear waste landfill on Tsushima infringes upon the territorial sovereignty and maritime sovereignty of the Republic of Korea," and pointed out, "As time passes, it is obvious that it will cause enormous damage not only to the lives and safety of our people but also to the livelihoods of fishermen and those engaged in the fisheries industry in the cities and provinces of Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam along the East and South coasts."

The Democratic Party's Gyeongnam Provincial Party urged the government and ruling party, saying, "The most important task for the national and local governments, regardless of party lines, is to protect national interests, the people, and the lives and safety of the cities and provinces," and called for "immediate and strong demands to the Japanese government to halt not only the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge but also the newly revealed construction of the Tsushima nuclear waste site."

The Justice Party Busan City Party also held a press conference at the Busan City Council briefing room on the same day, stating, "We strongly condemn the Tsushima City Council and Mayor Hitakatsu, who are scheming to build a high-level nuclear waste site on Tsushima right in front of Busan, and urge an immediate halt."

The Justice Party Busan City Party said, "Regarding the Fukushima nuclear contaminated water ocean dumping and the construction of the Tsushima nuclear waste site, Busan City, the City Council, and even the district councils have all remained silent and unresponsive," and added, "Mayor Park should immediately summon the Japanese Consul General in Osaka and strongly protest and express opposition."

They warned, "Despite these earnest and urgent requests, if Busan City and the City Council do not take any opposition actions, the Justice Party Busan City Party will stand with the citizens of Busan in direct actions to hold Busan City and the City Council accountable for their incompetence and irresponsibility."

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