{"id":163261,"date":"2024-05-28T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163261&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:26:33","slug":"genkai-mayor-rejects-nuclear-waste-site-proposal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/genkai-mayor-rejects-nuclear-waste-site-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Genkai Mayor Rejects Nuclear Waste Site Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shintaro Wakiyama, the mayor of Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture, stated on the 27th that the town does not intend to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste. Despite accepting the first stage of literature research, Wakiyama emphasized that the town is not a suitable location for such a facility. He hopes the study will spark a national debate to find an appropriate site. Wakiyama clarified that financial incentives were not a factor in the town&#8217;s decision to participate in the research. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jnpc.or.jp\/archive\/conferences\/36778\/report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan National Press Club<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_genkai-japan-national-press-club_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Genkai Mayor Rejects Nuclear Waste Site Proposal\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_genkai-japan-national-press-club_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_genkai-japan-national-press-club_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_genkai-japan-national-press-club_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fnn_genkai-japan-national-press-club_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\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>Shintaro Wakiyama, the mayor of Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture, stated on the 27th that the town does not intend to host a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163261","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/163261","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=163261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}