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164: Japan is about to release 1.3 million tons of Fukushima wastewater. Should we be concerned?

Deep Dive from The Japan Times

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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Marabajan: Could there be a legal argument against the water release plan, like at least when it comes to international law? He says he spoke with an expert in environmental and international law who said yes. Marabajan adds that Japan needs to reassess how they're handling this issue because it's something that hasn't really been done before. In other news, torrential rain in southern Japan on Monday triggered landslides which killed at least seven people.

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