New Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi has vowed that he will negotiate "tenaciously" with Beijing to solve a bilateral row over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea.
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Japan's new China envoy vows 'tenacious' effort on Fukushima row
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