After the nuclear catastrophe, the nation's investment in renewable energy soared. Many of those affected in Fukushima started production. But Japan is pushing fossil fuels, causing climate concerns.

As another major quake struck Japan, the country was still reckoning with the nuclear crisis triggered by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami of 13 years ago.

Japan's Fukushima region transformed from rural haven to ravaged wasteland when the earthquake and tsunami struck in March 2011.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Namie, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ...

Powerful quake in Japan leaves 4 dead, brings back memories of 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster March 17, 2022 More than 3 years ago 3 min Summary ...

The waves also swamped power supplies at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, causing reactor meltdowns that released radiation in the most dangerous nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986 and ...

TOKYO - Japanese offered tearful prayers on Saturday on the anniversary of the deadly tsunami that triggered the Fukushima disaster, but public support for nuclear power is growing as memories of ...

A short drive from the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in northeast Japan, novice farmer Takuya Haraguchi tends to his kiwi saplings under the spring sunshine, bringing life back to a ...

New images reveal Japan 's progress in restoring the radiation exclusion zone at the centre of the 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima. Explorer Bob Thissen, 34, and a group of photographers ...

Uncredited / Associated Press The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in Namie, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.