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80th A-bomb anniversary

Marylia Kelley, senior advisor for the Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, speaks during an anti-nuke rally in front of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on Aug. 6, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Signing of the strategic contract for the nuclear industry - Massy Aj

Philippe Stohr, director of energies at CEA, Gaelle Saquet, Interim General Manager of the French National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA), Bernard Fontana, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF, Nicolas Maes, ORANO Chief Executive Officer, and Xavier Ursat, Chairman of the Comite Strategique of the Nuclear Sector and during the signing of the strategic contract for the nuclear industry at the Palais des Congres de Massy in Essonne, Ile-de-France, France on June 10, 2025. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China to resume Japanese seafood imports

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) speaks at a ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025, alongside farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R). Hayashi told the meeting that China had agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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China to resume Japanese seafood imports

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) speaks at a ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025, alongside farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R). Hayashi told the meeting that China had agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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China to resume Japanese seafood imports

A ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025. Japan and China have agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

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Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

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IAEA chief in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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IAEA chief in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) holds talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2025, as the IAEA samples seawater and marine products off the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Photo taken on Feb. 13, 2025, shows emptied tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, unveiled to the media following the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter holds a nationally televised press conference from an auditorium in the in the Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC on January 30, 1978. During his 24th press conference he answered reporters questions on the Middle-East peace plan and space probes that carry radioactive materials that might fall to Earth. Photo by Benjamin E. "Gene" Forte/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

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Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

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Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports.

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports. ==Kyodo

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Japan, China agree on gradual resumption of seafood trade

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2024, following phone talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. The two agreed to strengthen monitoring of the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, prompting China to agree to gradually lift its ban on Japanese seafood imports.

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press after visiting a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) tries some seafood at a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM at Fukushima fish market

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tries some seafood at a fish market in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first anniversary of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Pool photo)

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan marked the first anniversary the same day of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2024, shows a fishing vessel at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan marked the first anniversary the same day of the start of the release of treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows fishing vessels at a port in Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back). Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2024, shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of releasing treated radioactive water from the plant into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, containing treated radioactive water from the plant. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of the water's release into the sea on Aug. 24.

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1st anniv. of start of releasing treated Fukushima water into sea

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows storage tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, containing treated radioactive water from the plant. Japan will mark the first anniversary of the start of the water's release into the sea on Aug. 24.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Saga, Japan, May 10 Kyodo -Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Nuclear waste site survey in southwestern Japan

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito meets the press in Tokyo on May 10, 2024, following a southwestern Japan town's decision to accept a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Nuclear waste site survey in southwestern Japan

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito meets the press in Tokyo on May 10, 2024, following a southwestern Japan town's decision to accept a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Nuclear waste site survey in southwestern Japan

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ken Saito meets the press in Tokyo on May 10, 2024, following a southwestern Japan town's decision to accept a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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IAEA chief in Japan

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with fishery industry officials in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2024, for the first time since Japan began releasing into the sea treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in August 2023.

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Japanese food fair in Brussels

The Mission of Japan to the European Union sponsors a food fair at a hotel in Brussels on March 11, 2024, to promote Japanese food, especially that made in the country's northeastern region, in the European market, on the 13th anniversary of the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. Event organizers served Japanese food to local journalists, food importers and restaurant operators. The event came as China continues to impose a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima plant into the sea.

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PROTEST-JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER-VISIT

(230508) -- SEOUL, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold a rally against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2023. Several South Korean organizations rallied here Sunday to protest Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to South Korea. The protesters called for Tokyo's apology over its militarist past, opposed South Korea-Japan military cooperation, and demanded withdrawal of Japan's plan to discharge radioactive wastewater. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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Event to promote Japanese food held in Bern

The Japanese Embassy in Switzerland sponsors an event to promote Japanese food in Bern on Feb. 6, 2024. Among the food items served at the event, held to mark the 160th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's diplomatic ties with Switzerland, were scallops which Japan aims to sell in the European market amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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JETRO event in Paris to promote Japanese scallops

A Japan External Trade Organization-sponsored event is held in Paris on Jan. 22, 2024, to promote Japanese seafood, especially scallops, in the European market, amid China imposing a total ban on seafood imports from Japan in response to the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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CHINA-GANSU-DEEP UNDERGROUND LABORATORY (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows a part of the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory in northwest China's Gansu Province. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Potential site search for high-level radioactive waste" (Photo by Wang Ju/Xinhua)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People protest against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater in Seoul, South Korea, June 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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IAEA's 1st safety review on Fukushima water since discharge

Lydie Evrard, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks at a meeting with Japanese government officials at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2023, as the IAEA starts its safety review on the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.