Tag Archives: Yoshihide Suga

Japan not eyeing new reactors to help reach 2050 carbon-neutral goal via Reuters

Posted on 2020/10/28 by nfield

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is not considering building new nuclear power plants to help it become carbon-free by 2050, the government’s top spokesman said on Wednesday. For the world’s fifth-biggest emitter, reining in emissions from utilities that contribute about 4/5ths … Continue reading →

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Suga visits disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant via The Japan times

Posted on 2020/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

FUKUSHIMA – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday visited the disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, where decommissioning work is taking place. […] Suga said during a Friday meeting on the rebuilding of the region that he will “inherit the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear regulator sees no need to halt reactors despite quake concerns via The Mainichi

Posted on 2016/04/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Kyodo) — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Monday the safety watchdog has no plan to halt operating nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan despite concerns about a recent wave of earthquakes hitting the neighboring region, as there … Continue reading →

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Eruption or not, nuclear restart in Japan to go ahead on schedule via RT

Posted on 2014/09/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s plans to restart the Sendai nuclear reactor won’t be affected by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Ontake, the government said. The reactor is in a separate volcanically-active area, which rose concerns for its safety after the Saturday eruption. The … Continue reading →

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Yoshida interviews to stay sealed: Suga via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/05/23 by norma field

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday again refused to release a confidential record of interviews with the deceased chief of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, although he said the government might consider doing so at the family’s request. … Continue reading →

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S. Korea expands ban on fish from northeastern Japan, citing radiation concerns　via The Washington Post

Posted on 2013/09/06 by norma field

By Chico Harlan SEOUL — South Korea on Friday banned imports of fish from a long coastal strip by Japan’s still-leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in a sign of widening fears in the region about an environmental disaster that the … Continue reading →

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