{"id":174915,"date":"2025-12-11T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174915&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:18:59","slug":"ecologists-call-for-review-of-ukushima-mega-solar-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ecologists-call-for-review-of-ukushima-mega-solar-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecologists Call for Review of Ukushima Mega-Solar Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecology experts from the Ecological Society of Japan\u2019s Kyushu division submitted a request on December 10 seeking assessment and disclosure of environmental impacts for a plan to build one of Japan\u2019s largest solar farms on Ukushima in Sasebo, Nagasaki. The island hosts numerous threatened species, and the request urges collaboration with specialists to revise plans and ensure conservation.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncctv.co.jp\/news\/article\/16215345\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo: Fukuoka Now, for image purpose only.<\/span><\/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>Ecology experts from the Ecological Society of Japan\u2019s Kyushu division submitted a request on December 10 seeking assessment and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":147109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174915","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nagasaki-prefecture","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174915","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=174915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}