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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) environmental meeting began today with a row between Japan and its neighbours over the dumping of contaminated water into the ocean.
China, supported by both North and South Korea, made an official complaint at the start of Marine Environmental Protection Committee 76 (MEPC).
The Chinese delegation had “grave concerns” over the unilateral decision to dump contaminated water into the seas around Japan, close to China.
The contaminated water comes from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, damaged in the 2011 ...
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