Japan to release contaminated water after US-Japan meeting.

The Japanese government is coordinating the ocean discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant to begin as early as later this month, the Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun report.

According to the reports, the Japanese government believes the discharge should begin before September 1, when bottom trawling begins off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, making a discharge later this month a likely option.

This is virtually the first time that Japanese media has reported a specific date for the start of Fukushima contaminated water releases, citing multiple government officials.

The exact timing of the discharge is expected to be finalized by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a meeting of relevant ministers after the U.S.-Japan summit 먹튀검증 at Camp David in the U.S. on Sept. 18.

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