Once done with the Kumano Kodo, head north to the mountaintop town of Koyasan, one of Japan’s most secluded spiritual destinations and the centre of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.

Japan to start releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant ... Pacific Ocean that they identify with and and have spiritual and cultural connections with.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday the government had formally decided to start releasing the water as early as Thursday, August 24, “if they encounter no obstacles.” ...

Foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in July that Japan had shown selfishness and arrogance, and had not fully consulted the international community about the water release. China has ...

Today, nature draws visitors to this spiritual, secluded valley ... canyoning through glassy pools and some of Japan’s best white-water rapids at Koboke Gorge. Even crossing its swaying ...

In the face of regional and domestic objections, the country plans to proceed with a discharge at Fukushima that will eventually reach more than a million tons of water. By Motoko Rich and Hisako ...

Japanese engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been forced to release radioactive waste water into the sea. At the same time they are resorting to desperate measures to contain the ...

The Japanese government says potential risks from the release of treated water are limited to reputational damage resulting from rumors, rather than scientific study. It has allocated 80 billion ...

Over 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water is to be released from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific. Japan's Prime Minister Fumiyo Kishida confirms the plant operator Tepco ...