With Japan preparing to restart a nuclear reactor, the world's largest, in the coastal prefecture of Niigata, a Newsweek map ...

The 2025 tsunami is shattering old models, thanks to observations from space. On July 29, 2025, the world’s sixth biggest ...

When a huge earthquake struck near Kamchatka, the SWOT satellite captured an unprecedented, high-resolution view of the resulting tsunami as it crossed the Pacific. The data revealed the waves were ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...

NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's ...

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 ...

Japan has cleared the last major political obstacle to restarting the world’s largest nuclear power station, marking a significant step in the country’s cautious return to atomic energy nearly 15 ...

Niigata assembly votes to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant Watershed moment in Japan's pivot back to nuclear energy Japan idled all reactors after 2011 Fukushima disaster Many residents ...

As Japan aims to reduce fossil fuel dependency, Chubu Electric's Hamaoka plant may have miscalculated seismic risks, ...

NIIGATA — The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since ...

TOKYO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co (9501.T), opens new tab plans to restart the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, on January 20, TEPCO ...