China, South Korea response muted after 2nd Fukushima water release

But Beijing and Hong Kong no closer to lifting seafood bans over 'contamination'

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings conducted a media tour in August of the facilities for releasing wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. © Reuters

KENSAKU IHARA, KOTARO HOSOKAWA and YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG/SEOUL/BEIJING -- Japan's second release of treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Thursday sparked little of the outcry in China, South Korea and Hong Kong that Tokyo faced the first time around.

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