After a news conference hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi made his way out of the room surrounded by guards on July 4 in Tokyo, Japan. Amid the chaos, a reporter from the Republic of Korea (ROK) followed closely behind him, pushing and elbowing the guards and repeatedly shouting at Grossi, “You received 1 million euros ($1.12 million) from Japan?” Grossi, just moments after stepping out the door, abruptly halted and turned back, responding angrily, “I didn’t receive anything. This is absurd. Absurd!”
Earlier that same day, the IAEA had issued a report announcing the Japanese Government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant “meets the IAEA’s safety standards.”
Within weeks, Japan is scheduled to
