Overview

• The government plans to bury processed soil from Fukushima at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Tokyo office to showcase its safety
• The reuse follows Environment Ministry protocols that have received International Atomic Energy Agency approval
• Earlier proposals to place the material in public parks were dropped after widespread protests over health concerns
• Officials have stockpiled about 14 million cubic meters of soil since the 2011 nuclear disaster and propose using it as foundation fill under a thick layer of clean topsoil
• Authorities intend to secure permanent disposal sites for the remaining contaminated earth by 2045