Japan has entered a new era of nuclear power generation, as the country's oldest reactor in operation surpassed 50 years of ...

Fifteen years ago, Fukushima, Japan, was home to one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. Today, some places in the region look just as they did in the immediate aftermath of that fateful Friday ...

The restart is the latest of Japan’s efforts to revive its nuclear energy sector and reduce dependence on imported fossil ...

Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after a disaster at the Fukushima power plant forced the country to shut all its nuclear reactors. Reactor no.6 at ...

Japan: Japan is set to take the final step to restart ⁠the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday when the region of Niigata votes on the resumption of operations, in a watershed moment for the ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese high court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that had revoked government approval for ...

A Fukushima mutant pig study shows how escaped domestic pigs rapidly bred with wild boar after the 2011 nuclear disaster.

A mutant super pig population has spiraled out of control — thanks to their inherited, rapid reproductive cycles — in the ghost towns of a nuclear fallout zone in Japan, according to reports and ...

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 ...