Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea

Japan would soon release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. 

It follows years of debate over how to dispose of the liquid, which includes water used to cool the power station hit by a massive tsunami in 2011.

Local media reports say environmental and fishing groups oppose the idea but many scientists say the risk it would pose is low.

However, the government says no final decision has been made.

There has been growing urgency over what to do with the water as space to store the liquid – which includes groundwater and rain that seeps daily into the plant – is running out