when to start releasing the water, equivalent to 500 Olympic-size swimming pools, despite objections at home and abroad to the plan.
The water has been treated to remove most radioactive elements except for tritium, a hydrogen isotope that must be diluted because it is difficult to filter. The International Atomic Energy Agency last month approved the government's plan for the water, which it says it can no longer store on site. Japanese Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura is due to meet the same fishing industry leaders before the Kishida meeting.
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