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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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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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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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[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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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (C) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (R) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (far R) inspects an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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IAEA Director General Grossi in Fukushima

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to reporters after inspecting an interim facility in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, storing soil generated during decontamination efforts in the northeastern Japan prefecture, on Feb. 19, 2025, during his visit to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Photo taken in Futaba in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 14, 2024, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visiting an area for temporary stockpiling of soil generated in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The prime minister visited the plant for the first time since taking office in October.

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Japan PM visits crippled Fukushima plant

Photo taken in Futaba in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 14, 2024, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visiting an area for temporary stockpiling of soil generated in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The prime minister visited the plant for the first time since taking office in October.

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Military Training in Guangxi

GUANGXI, CHINA - JANUARY 2, 2024 - Soldiers carry portable decontamination devices during a decontamination drill in contaminated areas in Guangxi, China, January 2, 2024.

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Removing DDT storage facility in Odesa Region

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks go through decontamination during the cleaning of the hazardous waste storage facility which contains dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, Odesa Region, southern Ukraine.

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Removing DDT storage facility in Odesa Region

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks go through decontamination during the cleaning of the hazardous waste storage facility which contains dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, Odesa Region, southern Ukraine.

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Removing DDT storage facility in Odesa Region

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks go through decontamination during the cleaning of the hazardous waste storage facility which contains dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, Odesa Region, southern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - A man is being decontaminated during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - A worker decontaminates a van during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks decontaminate during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - Workers in protective suits and gas masks decontaminate during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - Workers spray a truck with a decontamination fluid during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - The process of decontamination is pictured during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - A police car undergoes decontamination fluid during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Drills to respond to Zaporizhzhia NPP accident

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2023 - The process of decontamination is pictured during the command and staff exercises to practise actions in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 14, 2013, shows a coastal area in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, around the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The government plans to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land chiefly around the plant to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste piling up in the decontamination process.

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Fukushima decontamination office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masaru Moriya (L), head of an Environment Ministry task force on the decontamination of Fukushima Prefecture following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, stands by a signboard bearing the name of the ministry's Fukushima decontamination office set up in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Environment minister Hosono in press conference

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono speaks to reporters in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 28, 2011, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and other local leaders over decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In the meeting, Hosono formally asked that an interim storage facility for radioactively contaminated soil and other waste be built in Futaba county in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Tokyo police conduct antiterrorism drill

TOKYO, March 28 Kyodo - Metropolitan Police Department officers take part in a mock decontamination drill during an antiterrorism operation at JR Tokyo Station on March 28, 2016. The drill was aimed at testing the police's response to a scenario where the deadly sarin agent is released at the station.

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Kids enjoy citrus picking in ex-evacuation zone

HIRONO, Japan - Kindergartners take part in picking "mikan" at an orange grove in the Fukushima prefectural town of Hirono on Dec. 15, 2014. The town was once designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. The orange grove resumed fruit picking in 2013 due to progress in decontamination work.

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Evacuation zone around Fukushima plant narrowed further

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows an area in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, after the government lifted its evacuation order for the area within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Effective midnight the previous day, the government lifted the order for the area, where 275 people are registered as residents, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities and progress in infrastructure restoration.

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Evacuation order for part of Kawauchi Village lifted

KAWAUCHI, Japan - The village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 30, 2014. The Japanese government lifted its evacuation order, issued following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, for part of the eastern area of the village on Oct. 1, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities.

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Cleanup work continues in village hit by nuke disaster

IITATE, Japan - Men engage in decontamination work along a national highway in an evacuation area in Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan in 2011 and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Cleanup work near pasture in town affected by nuke disaster

NAMIE, Japan - Workers conduct decontamination work near a pasture in a "difficult-to-return zone" of the town of Namie, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

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Naraha town serves as storage site for nuclear waste

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of the Maehara district in the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture is seen in two contrasting photos, with the upper image taken on Feb. 26, 2012, and the lower one taken on Sept. 3, 2014. The lower photo shows part of farmland serving as a temporary storage site for nuclear waste generated in decontamination efforts following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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Tour in Fukushima town reeling from nuclear accident

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where decontamination work is under way following the 2011 nuclear accident stemming from a powerful earthquake and tsunami. In the background is Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant.