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

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 ...

The new proposal says nuclear energy should account for 20% of Japan’s energy supply in 2040, up from just 8.5% last year, while expanding renewables to 40-50% from 22.9% and reducing coal-fired ...

Under its revised energy plan, the Ministry of Industry now prioritizes PSCs on Section 0 of its plan wherein Japan aims to develop PSC sections generating 20 gigawatts of electricity equivalent to 20 ...

The new proposal says nuclear energy should account for 20 percent of Japan’s energy supply in 2040, up from just 8.5 percent last year, while expanding renewables to 40-50 percent from 22.9 ...

The new proposal says nuclear energy should account for 20 percent of Japan's energy supply in 2040, up from just 8.5 percent last year, while expanding renewables to 40-50 percent from 22.9 ...

Annual power demand for Hokkaido is expected to increase by 1.2% on average into fiscal 2034, a report has said.

Japan's new energy policy aims to increase renewables to up to 50% of electricity needs by 2040 while maximizing nuclear power use, reversing post-Fukushima phaseout. The strategy includes next ...

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 ...

Several of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled by an ... making the region a significant area of seismic concern. One of the most devastating quakes in this area occurred off Shikoku in ...

Surging demand for AI has sparked a race to secure supplies of nuclear power. WSJ’s Peter Landers traveled to the Fukushima exclusion zone in Japan to explore the challenges of atomic energy's ...

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 ...