Japan took a major step toward reviving its nuclear energy program on Monday, as the Niigata region approved the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. The move marks nearly 15 ...

On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at ...

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 ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

An independent parliamentary committee issued a report on Thursday on last year’s crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, concluding that the disaster was “man-made” and the result of ...

Nearly 15 years after one of the world’s greatest nuclear disasters in Fukushima, Japan’s push to restart nuclear power has ...

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 ...

Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi, a seismologist and a former member of a Japanese government panel on nuclear reactor safety, ...

The world’s largest nuclear power plant has been approved to reopen after over a decade. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for ...

An employee at Japan's nuclear safety agency lost his work phone containing sensitive information during a personal trip to ...

In areas around the school, there are no signs of life. NAMIE, Japan, March 10, 2013— -- Michie Niikawa struggles to define her role as school principal. Two years since taking over at Ukedo ...