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  • Eruption of Mt. Fuji might sever Japan’s ‘major arteries’

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    June 24, 2021

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    FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima — An uninhabited island in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima Prefec...

    May 29, 2021

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    April 19, 2021

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    To help realize net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government will choose at least 100 “...

    April 15, 2021

  • Japan’s decision to release treated water into the sea made after careful deliberation

    How to dispose of treated water has been a major barrier to decommissioning work at the Fukushima No...

    April 13, 2021

  • Canadian disposal sites for radioactive waste from Japan, elsewhere, were under consideration

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    April 5, 2021

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    The saury industry has been reeling from a spate of poor catches in recent years, and marine heatwav...

    February 18, 2021

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