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

Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima, Japan, recently convened two events devoted to strengthening preparedness and response for nuclear and radiological emergencies. The RANET events, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,

Japan‘s largest nuclear power plant is planning to partially reopen, sparking anxiety in a nation repeatedly traumatized by the technology. The Niigata Prefectural Assembly voted on Monday to resume operations of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Cleanup and recovery efforts have been ongoing since the incident. While some surrounding ...

By Mariko Katsumura, John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Nobuhiro Kubo IWAKI, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) - Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, triggering nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Four nuclear reactors in Fukushima, Japan, exploded 15 years ago on March 11, 2011, touching off a nuclear catastrophe Japan is still struggling to contain. As the U.S. government engages in an unprecedented ...

Weeping cherry trees were in full bloom along a walking path of an abandoned railway line in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sunday (April 12).