The industry ministry on Dec. 17 released a draft for the next edition of the Strategic Energy Plan. A policy to minimize Japan’s dependency on nuclear power, which has been spelled out in earlier ...

The Supreme Court has acquitted two former top executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, absolving them of criminal liability for ...

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 ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, a newly opened facility in the township of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, educates visitors about 3.11 and ongoing efforts to ...

The Chernobyl disaster is probably the most memorable nuclear disaster in history due to the explosion and all the deaths caused by severe radiation poisoning. Research that shows the dogs of ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is set to allow the lifting of evacuation orders for highly radioactive areas near the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station without ...

NIIGATA, Japan -- The world's largest nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture, central Japan, is set to resume operations by the end of March after the prefectural governor gave the go-ahead for the ...

This image shows the January 2026 calendar, with a drawing by children of Ukraine. (Image courtesy of the Chernobyl Children's Fund, Japan) TOKYO -- A 2026 calendar featuring images of children still ...