00:00 Now let's go to other topics.
00:02 On Thursday in Japan, a new demonstration was held in rejection of the discharge of
00:06 polluted water into the Pacific Ocean.
00:09 Protesters rallied outside the headquarters of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator
00:14 of the crippled nuclear plant.
00:17 They claim that waste water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has come into
00:22 contact with melted nuclear fuel fragments and will ultimately affect seafood consumption,
00:29 fishermen's livelihood and consumers' welfare.
00:32 For their part, parliamentarians of China, North Korea and South Korea have traveled
00:37 to Tokyo to express their disagreement.
00:40 Regardless of international outcries and over 80 percent of the population openly rejecting
00:45 the measure, the Japanese government plans to start the offloading process in the ocean,
00:50 starting in August, in an operation that could take 20 to 30 years.
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