Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources at the Board of Audit of Japan.

As memories of the Fukushima disaster begin to fade, Japan needs to reaffirm its commitment to weaning itself from dependence on nuclear power ... percent from fiscal 2013 levels during the ...

Japan also switched off its reactors in the wake of the disaster. But as the years passed and new crises emerged, nuclear power started to make a comeback. Prior to the Fukushima disaster ...

The Fukushima disaster was one of the world's most devastating nuclear mishaps. It followed a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off ...

all 33 workable reactors in Japan must be back online, with only 14 back in service after the Fukushima disaster. Given the current pace of safety checks by the nuclear regulation authority ...