The push to host the nuclear waste storage facility has been led by ... In October last year, Settsu and Kamoenai village, also in western Hokkaido, applied for the task.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO ... Hokkaido municipalities--the town of Suttsu and the village of Kamoenai. Both entities have been earmarked as possible sites where ...

Japan, like other countries, is struggling to find permanent disposal sites for nuclear waste. Only two municipalities -- Suttsu and Kamoenai in Hokkaido in northern Japan -- have approved ...