The government plans to step up its efforts to find a local government willing to host a final disposal site for nuclear waste. The government should naturally assume the responsibility of dealing ...

Senior government officials have recently made remarks that appear to support a suggestion that Japan should select the ...

In its search for a permanent disposal site, Japan can look to Finland as a model. The Nordic country leads the world in nuclear waste storage with its Onkalo facility. The site, on the island of ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued an apology after comments were made by a senior official from Japan's Nuclear Waste Management Organiza ...

Earlier, a senior official proposed disposing of radioactive materials on Russia?s Kuril Islands, resulting in backlash Japanese Prime Min ...

International Atomic Energy Agency approves Japan’s release of treated waste water from nuclear plant, but some scientists are still sceptical The UN’s nuclear watchdog has approved of the ...

TOKYO: Disposal of used solar panels is expected to be a big problem in Japan in the coming decade after solar power generation spread rapidly following the huge nuclear disaster in 2011.