According to domestic media reports on December 13, recently, Japan not only suddenly appeared dense fish carcasses off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, but also nearly 300 earthquakes in just ten days. At the same time, many people in Japan are in deep panic.
According to the Global Times, on the morning of December 12, local time, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yanohe Space Base reported to the Second District Coast Guard Headquarters that a large number of fish carcasses were floating in the waters near Dongtong Village in Aomori Prefecture. Subsequently, eight coast guard patrol boats rushed to the scene and found a large number of small sardine-like carcasses floating on the surface of the sea, covering an area ranging from about 4,000 meters long and about 50 to 100 meters wide. However, the Japanese side has not explained the specific reasons for this incident, but only pointed out that there were no accidents in the vicinity of the sea area involved.
It should be mentioned that this is not the first time that such a dense "fish carcass corridor" has appeared in Aomori Prefecture. According to previous media reports, in early February 2018, sardine carcasses appeared on the coast of Aomori Prefecture in recent days, when a large number of sardines were found to have washed up to the coast for more than 40 kilometers. Fishing associations across Japan revealed that from January 30 to February 1, large numbers of sardines washed up on the beach or floated around the sea rock. The head of the Japan Fisheries Association also lamented at the time that in the past, there were small fish chased by whales and swam to the shore, and it is rare to appear on such a large scale as now.
Regarding the recurrence of the "fish corpse corridor" in Japan, some media articles speculated that this incident was related to the fact that the US military stationed in Okinawa in japan had previously openly discharged "poisonous water" into the coastal waters. According to media reports on August 29, despite the strong opposition of local high-level officials and people, the US military stationed in Okinawa discharged 64,500 liters of sewage containing organic fluorine compounds from the Putama base into the sewers. The latest test results show that the pollutants in these sewage have exceeded 13 times the japanese standard.
Some media have written that the matter is related to the problem of nuclear radiation in the country. It is reported that two days before the "Fish Corpse Corridor" incident, Japan began to build the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant nuclear pollution water drainage facility; 3 days before the "Fish Corpse Corridor" incident, some media revealed that in 2007, the Kashiwazaki Kaleba Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, was accused of causing related damage due to an earthquake, but about 1800 building piles of the nuclear power plant were not inspected after the disaster, and there were work omissions, or caused a leak.
There are also media articles speculating that the incident is related to the frequent earthquakes in the country. It is understood that as of 11:30 a.m. local time on the 13th, since December 4, there have been more than 290 earthquakes with a magnitude of 1 or above in Japan off the coast of the Tugara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. In addition, on December 3, earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale and 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred in Yamanashi Prefecture in the east and Wakayama Prefecture in the west, and the maximum magnitude of both earthquakes reached Japan's "5 weak" magnitude, and were accompanied by many aftershocks.
It is worth noting that the frequent earthquakes in many parts of Japan have caused many people in the country to be uneasy and have hoarded shelter items. However, some Japanese people speculate that this may be a precursor to the great earthquake in the South China Sea Trench, and there are also concerns that the mass earthquake may be a precursor to the eruption of Mt. Fuji. It is reported that the 2020 report of the Japanese government's Earthquake Investigation Committee pointed out that the probability of the "South China Sea Trench Earthquake" in the next 30 years is as high as 70% to 80%, and the highest magnitude can reach 9.1 on the Richter scale. In addition, the latest observational data show that the pressure inside Mt. Fuji has risen to a value close to the critical value of 1.6 megapascals, and there is a risk of eruption at any time.