IAEA urged not to endorse Japan's plan

China urged the International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday not to endorse Japan's plan to discharge polluted radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, and demanded that Tokyo handle the wastewater situation in a "transparent and safe way".

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning made the remarks following a report in foreign media that Japan had made political donations of over 1 million euros ($1.1 million) to the agency over the planned release of the wastewater. Tokyo denied the report last week.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to meet with IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi on July 4 in Tokyo, The Japan Times reported.