Civic groups took to the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday to campaign against Japan's plan on dumping radioactive water into the sea. /CFP

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that his government had decided to dump contaminated radioactive water into the sea. /CFP

South Korea had raised concerns over the plan and the government expressed "strong regret" over Tokyo's decision. /CFP

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi on Monday called for efforts to forestall further harm to environmental protection, food safety and human health in response to the Japanese plan. /CFP