The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are commonly touted as mere cultural exceptions, either due to Soviet communism or ...

NIIGATA--The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant ...

The country is rapidly moving to restart reactors as artificial intelligence increases electricity demand and foreign wars choke gas supplies.

The Japanese government is considering a "golden share" plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) that would give it veto ...

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, ...

The wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has become a destination for “dark tourism”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

North Korea said Japan’s ambition to possess nuclear weapons should be “prevented at any cost”, Pyongyang state media KCNA said on Sunday, citing the country’s foreign ministry. “Japan’s attempt to go ...

Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor at the world’s largest atomic power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, marking a significant milestone in the country’s long and cautious ...

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 ...

Japanese authorities issued tsunami alerts after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the country's north on April 20, 2026, but ...

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 ...

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 ...