Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

A tsunami warning has been issued for a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Hyuga-Nada Sea off the coast of Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

In an ambitious move, the government has announced that it wants nuclear power to make up 20% of Japan’s energy mix by 2040. The decision was made by the economy ministry and revealed in the ...

Kansai Electric Power Co, Japan's top nuclear power operator, raised its profit forecast for the fiscal year ending in March by 40% to 365 billion yen ($2.4 billion) on higher nuclear power runs and ...

No problems were detected at the various monitoring posts for nuclear plants in the area. Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes ...

Kansai Electric had five nuclear reactors online with a combined ... sales thanks to a higher demand forecast for the Kansai area - Japan's second busiest region - after the Tokyo Metropolitan ...

HANOI: Japan is ready to collaborate with Vietnam on the potential studies and deployment of nuclear reactors, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki (pic) tells the Vietnam News Agency in an ...

International Atomic Energy Agency approves Japan’s release of treated waste water from nuclear plant, but some scientists are still sceptical The UN’s nuclear watchdog has approved of the ...

He also allegedly worked to launder $100,000 in purported narcotics proceeds from the U.S. to Japan. "As he admitted in federal court today, Takeshi Ebisawa brazenly trafficked nuclear material ...

Two Russian nuclear deterrent bombers have flown over the Sea of Japan. The two Russian Tu-95 strategic aircraft conducted a routine ... “The strike caused large scale fires within the petroleum, oil ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) As the global state of affairs becomes more daunting and the risk of countries using nuclear weapons grows, it is time for Japan, the only nation to have been attacked by ...