Press Releases

1. Officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Fisheries Agency, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Nuclear Regulation Authority, on the Japanese side and officials from the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, National Center for Safety of Aquatic Fisheries Products and Aquaculture, and Primorsky Interregional Veterinary Laboratory, on the Russian side, attended the dialogue.
2. This dialogue was held at the suggestion of the Russian side for the schedule, in response to the press release issued by the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, dated on September 26.
3. In this dialogue, the Japanese side explained the inspection methods for radioactive materials including tritium in Japanese aquatic products which the Russian side showed its interest, and explained the safety of Japanese aquatic products based on scientific evidence.
4. The relevant agencies of both countries shared the view to continue the dialogue in the future. Japan will continue to provide explanations based on scientific evidence to Russia in a highly transparent manner and in good faith.

[NOTE 1] ALPS treated water is processed by devices such as ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) to ensure that the concentration of the radioactive materials other than tritium surely meets the regulatory standards for safety. In addition, it is planned that ALPS treated water will then be sufficiently diluted before the discharges into the sea so that radioactive materials including tritium will be far below the regulatory standards for safety.

[NOTE 2] Attachment

1. (Provided by Ministry of Economic, Trade and Industry) Safety of Discharge of ALPS Treated Water (PDF)
2. (Provided by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1)) Monitoring of seafoods related to the discharge of ALPS treated water (PDF)
3. (Provided by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2)) Request and justification for lifting the import measures on Japanese food regarding radionuclides (PDF)
4. (Provided by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (3)) The analysis method based on Tamari et al (PDF)
5. (Provided by Nuclear Regulation Authority) Tritium analysis in Biota (PDF)
6. (Provided by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. Under the Food Sanitation Act (Abstract) 2010 (JETRO) (PDF)