Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for permanent nuclear waste disposal. The proposal marks the first time the ...

Japan has launched a geological survey on remote Minamitori Island to assess its suitability as a permanent nuclear waste ...

A Japanese quasi-government body overseeing the disposal of nuclear waste said Wednesday it has commenced a survey on the ...

A worker at a recycling facility in northern Japan made a rich discovery. The worker was sorting trash in Sapporo, a prefecture of Hokkaido, when he found wads of cash worth 10 million yen, or ...

The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the ...

Japan's waste management organization will carry out a literature review on the geology of Minamitorishima, located nearly ...

Japan assured responsible disposal of waste, risk assessment, and respecting community input, as it responded to Sen. Will Parkinson’s concerns about risks to Guam of Japan’s plans to designate one of ...

Japan has raised global concern, after reportedly taking initial steps to explore a tiny Pacific island as a potential final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste. The plan involves the ...

(Bloomberg) — Japan is proposing a remote Pacific island as a possible host for a nuclear waste-disposal site, an important step in the country’s plans to accelerate the restart of atomic power plants ...

Fumio Kaneko, cofounder and president of waste management company Daiei Kankyo. Last December, the company raised $315 million from an IPO in Tokyo Stock Exchange. One of Japan’s largest IPOs in 2022 ...