The No. 2 reactor building of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast on July, 2024.(Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog on ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from restarting, the first rejection under safety standards that were ...

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, ...

A survey has found hundreds of thyroid tumors, but Japanese officials say they are unrelated to the Fukushima meltdowns. Now they face a lawsuit. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Koriyama, Japan She ...

As efforts got underway Tuesday to retrieve a first sample of the highly radioactive debris festering in the depths of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, shoppers with deep ...

TOKYO: Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant on Friday (Nov 21) for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Hideyo Hanazumi, governor of ...

As reported by Le Figaro, Japan is taking its first steps toward the construction of a new nuclear reactor—marking the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster that the country has considered ...

TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan will replace three senior bureaucrats in charge of nuclear power policy, the minister overseeing energy policy said on Thursday, five months after the world's worst ...

TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - A lack of preparation and poor communication at top levels after disaster struck were among the failures that turned a nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima plant into the ...

TOKYO (AP) — A government-commissioned panel of experts on Wednesday largely supported Japan’s new energy policy for the next few years that calls for bolstering renewables up to half of electricity ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara Minoru stressed on Thursday that the government adheres to the country's Three Non-Nuclear Principles as a set of policy guidelines. Nihon Hidankyo, an ...