Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has made it clear that the nuclear restart is part of the answer to Japan’s energy uncertainty, ...

The country lives on the edge, literally and figuratively, of tectonic plates and concerns are growing that Tokyo is overdue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan on June 17, 2025. - The Asahi ...

Japan's largest nuclear power plant is planning to partially reopen, sparking anxiety in a nation repeatedly traumatized by the technology. The Niigata Prefectural Assembly voted on Monday to resume ...

After the infamous 2011 explosion of three reactors in Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Fukushima, the government shut down all nuclear operations. For fifteen years, Japan banished nuclear power, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A worker wearing a protective suit and mask walks past the wall of the No. 3 reactor building, green from when an ...

TEPCO’s restart at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in 2026 brought the total number of reactors restarted across the country since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake to 15.

One year after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, caused by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, the country has shut down nearly all its nuclear plants over safety ...

In a bizarre incident, Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a warning about what could have been the world’s worst ...

In 2011, the Fukushima disaster left many dogs behind. A 2012 study found 17 rescued dogs had 5 to 10 times more stress ...

Hitachi Ltd. is exploring developing small modular reactors in Japan as high energy costs have started shifting public opinion toward nuclear power, according to the company’s energy business head.