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(231209) -- DUBAI, Dec. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Yingmin, vice minister of China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, speaks at a side event held at the China Pavilion of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Dec. 8, 2023. Government ministers and senior officials from Botswana, Laos, Ghana and a number of other countries highlighted here on Friday the importance of South-South cooperation in addressing climate challenges. TO GO WITH "(COP28) Roundup: Ministers highlight South-South cooperation, China's role at UN climate conference" (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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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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Minister checks barrier-free environment at station

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, passes in a wheelchair through a ticket gate at East Japan Railway Co.'s Sendagaya Station in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2014, to check the environment for physically disabled people prior to the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Minister checks barrier-free environment at Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, rides a wheelchair to check the environment for physically disabled people at Narita International Airport on Aug. 19, 2014, prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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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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Japan, China, S. Korea to share disaster info

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) South Korean Environment Minister Lee Maanee, Japanese Senior Environment Vice Minister Shoichi Kondo and Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian shake hands after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on April 29, 2011. They agreed to promote information-sharing and personnel training to help minimize the impact on the environment in times of major natural disasters.

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Chiba negative about building waste disposal facility

Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai (L) and Senior Vice Environment Minister Shinji Inoue discuss at the city office on Dec. 14, 2015, the issue of building a facility for radiation-tainted waste resulting from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Kumagai said the municipal government will not accept the state's field survey for the construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China, S. Korea to share disaster info

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) South Korean Environment Minister Lee Maanee, Japanese Senior Environment Vice Minister Shoichi Kondo and Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian shake hands after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on April 29, 2011. They agreed to promote information-sharing and personnel training to help minimize the impact on the environment in times of major natural disasters. (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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Minister checks barrier-free environment at station

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, passes in a wheelchair through a ticket gate at East Japan Railway Co.'s Sendagaya Station in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2014, to check the environment for physically disabled people prior to the 2020 Olympic Games. (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)