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Japan police chief in Fukushima

Japan's National Police Agency chief Yoshinobu Kusunoki meets the press at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, straddling Futaba and Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2025, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the No. 3 reactor building at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where decommissioning work is taking place. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2025, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the No. 2 (L) and No. 3 (C) reactor buildings at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where decommissioning work is taking place. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2025, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows the No. 1 reactor building at the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where decommissioning work is taking place. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from R) inspects deserted farmland in an off-limits area in Futaba near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) inspects deserted farmland in an off-limits area in Futaba near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) inspects deserted farmland in an off-limits area in Futaba near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) addresses employees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the crippled plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) addresses employees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the crippled plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses employees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the crippled plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses employees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the crippled plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (back, R) addresses employees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the crippled plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (back, R) meets the press after inspecting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press after inspecting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press after inspecting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) meets the press after inspecting the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling the towns of Okuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 2, 2025, during her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) visits the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling Okuma and Futaba towns in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 2, 2025, for the first time since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L) visits the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling Okuma and Futaba towns in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 2, 2025, for the first time since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) visits a still off-limits area in Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Dec. 2, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L) visits the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling Okuma and Futaba towns in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 2, 2025, for the first time since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L) visits the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling Okuma and Futaba towns in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 2, 2025, for the first time since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front) visits the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant straddling Okuma and Futaba towns in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 2, 2025, for the first time since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) on Dec. 2, 2025, visits an interim storage facility in Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for soil extracted during decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, ahead of her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) on Dec. 2, 2025, visits an interim storage facility in Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for soil extracted during decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, ahead of her first visit to the plant since taking office in October. (Pool photo)

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Small drone to investigate interior of Fukushima plant reactor

Photo taken in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2025, shows a very small drone to be used to investigate the interior of the No. 3 reactor containment vessel at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The drone -- 13 centimeters by 12 CM -- weighing 95 grams was unveiled to the media the same day before its likely use from November.

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Drone for crippled Fukushima nuclear plant survey

Photo taken in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2025, shows a drone flying inside a facility simulating the No. 3 reactor containment vessel at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings plans to use the drone to investigate the containment vessel from November to gather information necessary to remove melted fuel debris.

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Drone for crippled Fukushima nuclear plant survey

Photo taken in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2025, shows a drone flying inside a facility simulating the No. 3 reactor containment vessel at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings plans to use the drone to investigate the containment vessel from November to gather information necessary to remove melted fuel debris.

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Drone in crippled Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings unveils to the media in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Oct. 1, 2025, a drone to be used in the No. 3 reactor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. TEPCO plans to investigate the No. 3 reactor containment vessel with the drone from November to gather information necessary to remove melted fuel debris.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Fukushima soil used for METI flower bed

Soil generated from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is moved into a flower bed at the headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2025. The Japanese government is using the soil at various government facilities to ease public safety concerns.

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Ministerial meeting on Fukushima nuclear power plant

A ministerial meeting is held over issues regarding the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the release of treated wastewater from the crippled complex, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025.

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Ministerial meeting on Fukushima nuclear power plant

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) speaks at a ministerial meeting over issues regarding the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the release of treated wastewater from the crippled complex, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025.

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Ministerial meeting on Fukushima nuclear power plant

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a ministerial meeting over issues regarding the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the release of treated wastewater from the crippled complex, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025.

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Fukushima soil used for yard of PM office

Photo taken on July 22, 2025, shows the front yard of the prime minister's office in Tokyo, where soil from decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been placed. The government is utilizing the soil in an effort to ease public safety concerns.

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Interim storage facility near Fukushima plant

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) visits an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2025, that is storing soil generated during decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant co-hosted by the northeastern Japan town.

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Interim storage facility near Fukushima plant

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (2nd from R) visits an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2025, that is storing soil generated during decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant co-hosted by the northeastern Japan town.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

No workers are seen at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, following an evacuation order. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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Debris removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Photo taken from Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 29, 2025, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The body supervising the plant's decommissioning said the same day full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the early 2030s as initially planned.

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[Breaking News]Fukushima soil moved to PM's yard in effort to allay safety fears

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is delivered to central Tokyo on on July 19, 2025, to be spread in the front yard of the prime minister's office, as the government attempts to allay safety concerns about its use. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima soil used for yard of PM office

Photo taken on July 22, 2025, shows the front yard of the prime minister's office in Tokyo, containing soil generated during decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The soil was moved recently from interim facilities to store such soil, set up in Fukushima plant co-hosts Okuma and Futaba towns in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with the government attempting to allay the public's safety concerns about the soil.

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Fukushima soil used for yard of PM office

Photo taken on July 22, 2025, shows the front yard of the prime minister's office in Tokyo, containing soil generated during decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The soil was moved recently from interim facilities to store such soil, set up in Fukushima plant co-hosts Okuma and Futaba towns in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with the government attempting to allay the public's safety concerns about the soil.

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Fukushima soil moved to PM's yard in effort to allay safety fears

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is delivered to central Tokyo on on July 19, 2025, to be spread in the front yard of the prime minister's office, as the government attempts to allay safety concerns about its use.

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Fukushima soil moved to PM's yard in effort to allay safety fears

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is delivered to central Tokyo on July 19, 2025, to be spread in the front yard of the prime minister's office, as the government attempts to allay safety concerns about its use.

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Fukushima soil moved to PM's yard in effort to allay safety fears

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is delivered to central Tokyo on on July 19, 2025, to be spread in the front yard of the prime minister's office, as the government attempts to allay safety concerns about its use.

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Fukushima soil moved to PM's yard in effort to allay safety fears

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is delivered to central Tokyo on on July 19, 2025, to be spread in the front yard of the prime minister's office, as the government attempts to allay safety concerns about its use.

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Court rejects Fukushima crisis damages order against ex-TEPCO execs

Plaintiffs and their lawyers gather in front of the Tokyo High Court in the Japanese capital on June 6, 2025, in protest over the court's decision earlier in the day to overturn a district court ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay the utility damages for failing to prevent the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.