Politics www.nytimes.com Japan to start releasing radioactive water from Fukushima in 2 years The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.
Good News www.nytimes.com Japan’s new leader sets ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
