日中高官、処理水協議の加速確認

　外務省の鯰博行アジア大洋州局長は１７日、中国外務省の劉勁松アジア局長と北京で会談し、中国が批判する東京電力福島第１原発の処理水海洋放出について、協議を加速していくことを確認した。鯰氏は中国による日本産食品の輸入規制の即時撤廃を改めて求めた。日本外務省が発表した。
　鯰氏は沖縄県・尖閣諸島周辺での中国の動向に懸念を表明。中国が日本の排他的経済水域（ＥＥＺ）に設置した海上ブイの撤去、中国で拘束された日本人の早期解放も要求した。（2024/06/17-23:15）

Japan and China have agreed to accelerate discussions on the discharges of tritium-containing treated water from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
   Hiroyuki Namazu, director-general of the ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, met with Liu Jinsong, director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, in Beijing on Monday and called for lifting its restrictions on imports of Japanese food products immediately, the ministry said the same day.
   Namazu expressed concern on China's activity around the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan. The Japanese-administered islands are claimed by China, where they are called Diaoyu.
   He also demanded that China remove a buoy that the country set up in Japan's exclusive economic zone and soon release Japanese nationals detained in China.
   Japan will firmly work on the issue of the treated water so that China will understand it accurately based on scientific evidence, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a press conference Tuesday. He added that Tokyo will strongly request the immediate lifting of the import restrictions.