The Battle for Public Opinion of “Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater Sea Discharge” - Open Journal of Political Science

OJPS > Vol.12 No.3, July 2022

Open Journal of Political Science

Volume 12, Issue 3 (July 2022)

ISSN Print: 2164-0505 ISSN Online: 2164-0513

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The Battle for Public Opinion of “Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater Sea Discharge” ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojps.2022.123021 729 Downloads 5,589 Views Citations

Author(s)

Yuanbo Qi¹, Keke You^1,2, Shanshan Guo¹

Affiliation(s)

¹School of Humanities, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
²School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT

The Japanese government’s decision to drain nuclear waste into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which is set to begin in 2023, could stymie geopolitical cooperation and collaboration, as well as the risk of radioactive elements in the wastewater having an incalculable impact on the planet’s ecology and human society. Using qualitative content analysis, this article evaluates the history of the Japanese nuclear wastewater disaster, as well as support and opposition voices from other countries, academia, and civil society organizations. It explains how China may use the “policy + public opinion” system of governments and non-governmental organizations to defend its interests in international public opinion and eventually gain worldwide discourse power that matches China’s strength.

KEYWORDS

Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Fukushima Radioactive Wastewater, Discourse, Public Opinion

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Qi, Y. , You, K. and Guo, S. (2022) The Battle for Public Opinion of “Japan’s Nuclear Wastewater Sea Discharge”. Open Journal of Political Science, 12, 363-372. doi: 10.4236/ojps.2022.123021.

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