Environment Ministry
June 16, 2013
With the government facing difficulty in finding disposal sites, municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture are being unofficially notified that the goal for completion of...
June 04, 2013
In line with the Abe administration's push for the restart of nuclear reactors, the 2013 government white paper on environmental issues has noticeably removed the warning on...
May 31, 2013
Editor's note: This is the final part of a new series that has run in the past under the title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with how pets and livestock fared in...
April 21, 2013
Tokyo Electric Power Co. refuses to pay 10.55 billion yen ($106 million) for decontamination work around its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, saying it is under no legal ...
April 14, 2013
A rare crested ibis chick was born in Japan’s wild for the first time this year, but Environmental Ministry officials plan to quarantine the bird because of concerns about...
March 16, 2013
Some 2,000 tons of drifting debris from the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan two years ago have washed up on the shores of North America so far, and estimates are that...
March 09, 2013
Work to clear radioactive fallout in Fukushima Prefecture is so far behind schedule that government deadlines could be missed and evacuees may have to wait longer to return...
March 09, 2013
More than 40 percent of children from Fukushima Prefecture tested for thyroid abnormalities, such as small cysts or lumps, but that rate is not troubling because it roughly...
March 05, 2013
Japan's ruling party, while hardly a champion of environmental issues, is apparently rather touchy about any criticism of its policies in that area.
March 04, 2013
Of the many routes taken by evacuees in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster one stands out as having posed a greater health risk to those fleeing.
March 01, 2013
Three laborers involved in radioactive cleanup around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have alleged that a supervisor told them to dump debris in a river without regard for...
March 01, 2013
The Environment Ministry has issued its safety guideline for levels of airborne PM 2.5 pollutants, despite a lack of scientific evidence to support it.
February 27, 2013
A doctor who rejected the Environment Ministry’s repeated requests to lie in court is now helping an elderly woman in her lawsuit against the government over one of Japan’s ...
February 09, 2013
The Environment Ministry has admitted danger pay has not been reaching some laborers entitled to a hefty bonus for their work on decontamination projects near the Fukushima No. ...
February 03, 2013
The Environment Ministry has listed Anguilla japonica, an eel which occupies a central place in Japanese cuisine, as "endangered."
January 18, 2013
The Environment Ministry on Jan. 18 said that there have been five cases of shoddy decontamination work around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and has punished ...
January 17, 2013
Photos and videos taken by The Asahi Shimbun show that general contractors lied in their reports about shoddy decontamination work around the Fukushima nuclear plant.
January 16, 2013
The Environment Ministry decided to conduct its own investigation into the shoddy decontamination work around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, unsatisfied with the probes...
January 15, 2013
FUKUSHIMA--The Fukushima municipal government is apparently not following its own proposal for decontaminating homes polluted by radioactive materials or guidelines called for...
January 10, 2013
Environment Ministry officials in December received details and photographic evidence of shoddy decontamination work in Fukushima Prefecture, but they dithered on taking action ...