National | FOCUS Oct 22, 2021
Mayoral election in Hokkaido town may affect nuclear-waste dump site selection
The town of Suttsu, in Hokkaido, has seen division among residents over the benefits of hosting a radioactive waste facility.
National Feb 3, 2021
Two Hokkaido villages at the heart of race to host nuclear waste
by Erica Yokoyama
The move has split communities between those seeking investment to stop their towns from dying, and those haunted by the 2011 Fukushima disaster, who are determined to stop the project.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 24, 2020
Hokkaido municipalities gamble on a nuclear future, but at what cost?
by Philip Brasor
Nuclear waste site survey applications reflect muddled official policy about what to do with the country's spent nuclear fuel
National / Social Issues | EXPLAINER Oct 13, 2020
Controversy over bids to host nuclear waste highlights disposal issue
by Eric Johnston
Two municipalities in Hokkaido have applied to the first stage of the process to build final disposal sites for nuclear waste, but the moves have prompted opposition.
National Oct 9, 2020
Municipalities that undergo the preliminary research can receive up to ¥2 billion in state subsidies over two years.
National Oct 8, 2020
Hokkaido municipalities to launch nuclear waste disposal site survey
The government is seeking suitable places to store the waste, which must be encased in concrete 300 meters below ground.
Editorials Dec 20, 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Dec. 16 declared that the stricken reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have entered the state of "cold shutdown" and that it has been confirmed that the nuclear crisis has "been resolved"(Shusoku ni ...
Editorials Apr 4, 2008
Japan's longest postwar economic expansion, which started in February 2002, appears headed toward a critical stage. The Bank of Japan's Tankan survey shows that business sentiment among companies has deteriorated because of the yen's steep rise against the dollar, stock price declines and high ...