Tokyo, Jan. 6 (ANI): Japan's Environment Ministry said that the decontamination companies might be illegally dumping radiation-tainted soil, vegetation and water into rivers or other places near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

Tokyo, Nov. 18 (ANI): A mountain trout caught in the Niida River in Fukushima Prefecture contained 11,400 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, more than 110 times above the government limit for food products, a survey by the Environment Ministry showed.

New Delhi, Nov. 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday gave the clearance to the first phase of the Lavasa hill city township project located between Mumbai and Pune subject to "strict compliance" of certain terms and conditions.