{"id":162528,"date":"2024-04-24T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162528&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:44:18","slug":"fukuoka-governor-calls-for-national-responsibility-in-nuclear-waste-issue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-governor-calls-for-national-responsibility-in-nuclear-waste-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Governor Calls for National Responsibility in Nuclear Waste Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Hattori of Fukuoka Prefecture emphasizes the need for national leadership in managing nuclear waste disposal, particularly regarding the ongoing discussions in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture. He insists that the government should actively engage and take responsibility, as the area under consideration is within 30 kilometers of neighboring prefectures. The Genkai Town Council is set to decide on proceeding with preliminary surveys on April 25. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=12257495&amp;ymd=2024-04-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_162510\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162510\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_genkai-nuclear-wiki_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C742&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Governor Calls for National Responsibility in Nuclear Waste Issue\" width=\"1400\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_genkai-nuclear-wiki_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_genkai-nuclear-wiki_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_genkai-nuclear-wiki_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C543&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_genkai-nuclear-wiki_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C407&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-162510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Hattori of Fukuoka Prefecture emphasizes the need for national leadership in managing nuclear waste disposal, particularly regarding the ongoing discussions in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162528","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-society","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}