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Residents force gov't officials to retreat

KAMI, Japan - Environment Ministry officials retreat after deciding to postpone a drilling survey, slated for Oct. 27, 2014, in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, at a candidate site to build a radioactive waste disposal facility as a result of strong protests by local residents.

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Residents block radioactive waste candidate site survey

KAMI, Japan - Residents in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2014, block Environment Ministry officials from moving further for a drilling survey at a candidate site to build a radioactive waste disposal facility.

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Miyagi residents protest against radioactive waste facility

KAMI, Japan - Residents of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, stage on Oct. 24, 2014, a sit-in protest against the Environment Ministry's survey to narrow down the candidate sites for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle.

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014.

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Candidate radioactive waste disposal site in Miyagi Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue (3rd from L, front row) listens to Kami Mayor Hirofumi Inomata (R) at a candidate site for the final disposal of radioactive waste in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014.

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Residents protest radioactive waste disposal site plan

SENDAI, Japan - Local residents stage a protest rally at a candidate site for the final disposal of radioactive waste in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014.

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (far L), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, and town people request government officials on Aug. 31, 2015, to suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

An Environment Ministry official faces people of the northeastern Japan town of Kami on Aug. 31, 2015, who requested the government suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Hirobumi Inomata (C), mayor of the northeastern Japan town of Kami, requests government officials on Aug. 28, 2015, to suspend an inspection related to building a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Inspections were postponed at three candidate construction sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

Environment Ministry officials on Aug. 28, 2015, leave the northeastern Japan town of Kami, where the government plans to build a disposal site for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The officials faced a local protest before starting the inspection there, and postponed it at three construction candidate sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Inspection over planned Fukushima waste disposal sites postponed

People in the northeastern Japan town of Kami mount a protest on Aug. 28, 2015, against the government's plan to build a disposal site there for waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Government officials postponed the planned inspection at three construction candidate sites, including Kami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Residents protest plan for nuke waste disposal facility in north Japan

Residents in Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, protest to Environment Ministry officials on Oct. 27, 2015, during their visit to the town, a candidate site for constructing a facility to dispose of radioactive and other waste. The officials gave up conducting an on-site survey in the face of the protest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entire view of nikko hachi-ishi

The town of Nikko Hatsuishi seen from the middle of the mountain of Kannonji to the west. Nikko Kaido made a turn in the location of the present Kannonji and the Nikko City Office, leading to the Kami bridge which is at the entrance of Nikko Shaji.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐10‐0]

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Residents force gov't officials to retreat

KAMI, Japan - Environment Ministry officials retreat after deciding to postpone a drilling survey, slated for Oct. 27, 2014, in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, at a candidate site to build a radioactive waste disposal facility as a result of strong protests by local residents. (Kyodo)

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Residents block radioactive waste candidate site survey

KAMI, Japan - Residents in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2014, block Environment Ministry officials from moving further for a drilling survey at a candidate site to build a radioactive waste disposal facility. (Kyodo)

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Miyagi town opposes plan to build radioactive waste disposal site

KAMI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (2nd from L), mayor of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, petitions an environment ministry official (2nd from R) on Oct. 24, 2014, in the town to stop its planned survey of the proposed site for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (Kyodo)

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Miyagi residents protest against radioactive waste facility

KAMI, Japan - Residents of Kami town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, stage on Oct. 24, 2014, a sit-in protest against the Environment Ministry's survey to narrow down the candidate sites for a radioactive waste disposal facility for waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. (Kyodo)

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Mayor remains opposed to radioactive waste disposal plan

KAMI, Japan - Mayor Hirobumi Inomata (L) of Kami, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, confers with Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue at the town hall on Aug. 20, 2014, over a plan to bury radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at a Kami site for permanent disposal. In the prefecture, Kami remains opposed to the plan but two other places selected as candidate sites for lasting disposal have agreed to accept the plan in principle. (Kyodo)

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Mayor conveys objection against radioactive disposal plan

SENDAI, Japan - Hirobumi Inomata (L), mayor of Kami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, presents a collection of signatures by local residents opposing the possible selection of the town as a final disposal site for radioactive waste from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to senior vice environment minister Shinji Inoue in Tokyo on July 16, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Residents protest radioactive waste disposal site plan

SENDAI, Japan - Local residents stage a protest rally at a candidate site for the final disposal of radioactive waste in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014. (Kyodo)