Fukushima town accepts storage of contaminated soil

Fukushima town accepts storage of contaminated soil

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shiro Izawa, mayor of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, announces a decision at the town's temporary office in the prefectural city of Iwaki on Jan. 13, 2015, to accept a central government plan to build interim storage facilities in the northeastern Japan town for contaminated soil from cleanup operations under way since the 2011 nuclear disaster.

Fukushima mayors meet environment chief on storage of tainted waste

Fukushima mayors meet environment chief on storage of tainted waste

Futaba Mayor Shiro Izawa (far L) and Okuma Mayor Toshitsuna Watanabe (2nd from L), both from Fukushima Prefecture, meet Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki in Tokyo on May 28, 2015, to discuss the construction in the two northeastern Japanese towns of interim storage facilities for tainted waste collected from decontamination work following the 2011 nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man calls for Futaba town not to remove pro-nuclear signboards

Man calls for Futaba town not to remove pro-nuclear signboards

Yuji Onuma (R) hands a written request to Shiro Izawa (L), mayor of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 16, 2015, calling for the town to rescind its decision to remove street signboards propagating the positive aspects of nuclear energy. A slogan written by Onuma has been adopted on a signboard and he requested the town to preserve the signboards to pass down the lessons of the nuclear accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abe views Fukushima site for radioactively contaminated waste

Abe views Fukushima site for radioactively contaminated waste

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) stands on the roof of the Futaba town government building in Fukushima Prefecture on March 1, 2015, as he is briefed by town Mayor Shiro Izawa (C) about a site for interim storage facilities for radioactively contaminated soil and other waste generated in cleanup work following the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Abe views Fukushima site for radioactively contaminated waste

Abe views Fukushima site for radioactively contaminated waste

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) stands on the roof of the Futaba town government building in Fukushima Prefecture on March 1, 2015, as he is briefed by town Mayor Shiro Izawa (C) about a site for interim storage facilities for radioactively contaminated soil and other waste generated in cleanup work following the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Futaba town mayor hands petition to TEPCO representative

Futaba town mayor hands petition to TEPCO representative

Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba town Mayor Shiro Izawa (R) hands a petition regarding issues including the decommission of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the prefecture to Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, representative of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Revitalization Headquarters, on April 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima town accepts storage of contaminated soil

Fukushima town accepts storage of contaminated soil

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shiro Izawa, mayor of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, announces a decision at the town's temporary office in the prefectural city of Iwaki on Jan. 13, 2015, to accept a central government plan to build interim storage facilities in the northeastern Japan town for contaminated soil from cleanup operations under way since the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Kyodo)

New Tepco pres. meets with mayor of disaster-hit town

New Tepco pres. meets with mayor of disaster-hit town

The new president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Tomoaki Kobayakawa (L), and his predecessor Naomi Hirose meet with Shiro Izawa, mayor of the nuclear disaster-affected town of Futaba, on June 27, 2017. Their meeting took place in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki as Futaba residents have been forced to relocate since the March 2011 accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New Tepco pres. meets with mayor of disaster-hit town

New Tepco pres. meets with mayor of disaster-hit town

The new president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Tomoaki Kobayakawa (L), meets with Shiro Izawa, mayor of the nuclear disaster-affected town of Futaba, on June 27, 2017. Their meeting took place in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki as Futaba residents have been forced to relocate since the March 2011 accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo