Grace Nishikawa

About/Bio

Grace Nishikawa, LLM is Researcher at the Department of Transboundary Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law of University of Groningen. She is also national rapporteur for Japan, Global Network of Peer Reviewers on Climate Litigation, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School. She holds LL.M Public International Law and LL.B International and European Law from the University of Groningen.

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Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water Disputes Continued: International Law in Japanese Court?

On 24th August 2023, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) started releasing the ALPS-treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean over a period of 30 years. As discussed on this blog before, here and here, the decision led to strong international responses from neighbouring States, such as China and South…

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