This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

Japan will begin releasing a second batch of waste water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from next week, its operator has said, an exercise that angered China and others when it began in ...

The move by Fukushima to issue warnings and even fine those who fail to follow its waste disposal guidelines is not new in Japan, as other municipalities have similar rules, but the city will be ...

In July 2023, the Agency published its Comprehensive Report on the Safety Review of the ALPS-Treated Water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The report concluded that the approach to ...

Japan could soon start releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. They’re running out of space to store the radiation-tainted water at the plant ...

For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are ...

For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are ...

The city of Fukushima has announced a measure to combat improper waste disposal by publicly naming individuals and businesses who fail to comply with strict waste segregation rules. The new ordinance, ...

Experts from China and Japan carried out the third technical dialogue on the ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water on Wednesday in Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry ...

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In response to the ordinance revision, Fukushima Mayor Hiroshi Kohata said, "Through this initiative, we hope to somehow correct the current situation of improper garbage disposal. We will work to ...