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

The Control Yuan today urged the Nuclear Safety Commission to evaluate response mechanisms and move response sites from hazard-prone areas, after its investigation found that the risk of nuclear ...

A powerful 7.1 earthquake off southern Japan triggered tsunami advisories, stopped trains, and sent residents toward higher ...

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

Nuclear war is one of the world’s greatest existential threats, so why isn’t there more psychological research on it?

Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Nov. 5 officially announced he will retire from politics and praised himself for his long career that has received mixed reviews from critics.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has announced that it will begin removing 615 nuclear fuel rods remaining in the spent ...

After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, some domestic pigs escaped into the surrounding area and bred with wild boars moving ...

Despite the odds, the nonprofit Tokyo Investigative Newsroom has, over the past decade, published numerous longform exposés ...

Head of Committee to Protect Journalists warned that indirect forms of pressure such as lawsuits & restricted media access ...

The Trump administration's skepticism about regulations of all types is giving visibility to a fringe theory, which posits that low doses of ionizing radiation have health benefits.