Despite numerous incidents racking up, including rocks thrown at Japanese children in Chinese schools, boycotts against Japanese products, and hundreds of hostile phone calls, there is no proof that China’s citizens have been directly harmed by the Fukushima water release.
A Japanese government official has risen to a challenge set by journalists to prove that water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was safe to drink. Albeit with some trepidation. MP Yasuhiro Sonoda downed a glass of water during a televised news conference and seems to have survived, although his shaky hands certainly betrayed his nerves.