By Natsuko FUKUE, Hiroshi HIYAMA TOKYO, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) – Japan will begin releasing cooling water from the stricken Fukushima power plant on Thursday, 12 years after one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters. The announcement came despite opposition from fishermen and protests by China, which has already banned food shipments from several Japanese prefectures. Japan insists the gradual release into the sea of the more than 500 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of water […]