Edit... Dina ElSheriff

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that Japan should reverse its decision to dispose of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant and apologize instead of contesting a tweet it posted criticizing the plan.

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Chao Lijian, tweeted Monday a digitally manipulated photo of the "Great Wave off Kanagawa" edition showing nuclear waste pouring into the sea.

For his part, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced that Japan was making a "strong protest" and seeking to remove the tweet through diplomatic channels.