{"id":172893,"date":"2025-08-29T16:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172893&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:53:49","slug":"fukuoka-high-court-upholds-sendai-nuclear-plant-permits","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-high-court-upholds-sendai-nuclear-plant-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka High Court Upholds Sendai Nuclear Plant Permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fukuoka High Court dismissed an appeal by residents seeking to revoke the operating permits for the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Kagoshima, ruling that the Nuclear Regulation Authority\u2019s volcanic risk standards were not unreasonable. The court found no errors or omissions in the safety review. This is the first high court ruling nationwide on permits issued under post-Fukushima regulations. Plaintiffs criticized the decision as unjust and are considering an appeal to the Supreme Court. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250827\/5010029649.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/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\/2025\/08\/fnn_sendai-nuclear_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C805&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka High Court Upholds Sendai Nuclear Plant Permits \/\" width=\"1400\" height=\"805\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_sendai-nuclear_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_sendai-nuclear_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_sendai-nuclear_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_sendai-nuclear_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C442&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>The Fukuoka High Court dismissed an appeal by residents seeking to revoke the operating permits for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172893","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kagoshima-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172893","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=172893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}