You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 7th of July.

A plan to release water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant clears its final hurdle in Japan.

But China says it will continue to ban some Japanese food imports.

Switzerland is set to join an EU-air defence system called Sky Shield,

and the Twitter boss Elon Musk threatens to sue meta over its new rival social media app Threads.

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thousands take to the streets in Spain for the annual running with the Bulls Festival.

As you may have heard on the podcast earlier in the week,

the UN's nuclear watchdog, under its boss Rafael Grossi,

gave Japan the green light to discharge more than a million cubic meters of contaminated water

into the Pacific Ocean. That is water that's accumulated after the Fukushima nuclear disaster

in 2011. Today, the plan cleared its final regulatory hurdle in Japan.

It also got a boost when South Korea said it concluded the scheme was safe.

Based on a review of the treatment plan of contaminated water presented by Japan,

we've confirmed that the total concentration of radioactive materials

meets standards for ocean discharge, and in the case of tritium, a lower level of target was even

achieved. Therefore, the plan meets international standards, including those of the IAEA.

South Korean Minister Bang Moon-Kyu, however, despite that endorsement,

fierce opposition remains among the public in both South Korea and Japan,

and China is to maintain its ban on some Japanese food imports. But what still needs to happen

before Japan starts releasing this water into the ocean? Our correspondent in Tokyo is Shima Helio.

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