Omakase by now is firmly lodged in the zeitgeist. In the Bay Area, you’ll find the word proudly attached to restaurants (Ren ...

Japan has taken a decisive step toward restarting the world’s largest nuclear power station, as a regional political vote ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co plans to restart the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, ...

Japan is returning to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster – but not everyone is convinced it’s a good ...

The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle ...

Struck by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima nuclear plant experienced core ...

Since 2011, scientists have been puzzled about the force resulting from a gigantic earthquake and tsunami that destroyed, among other things, Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant. Now, a Guinness World ...

Tepco shares jumped 4.3 percent as reports emerged about a potential data center near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant.

Before Fukushima, nuclear power supplied around 30 percent of Japan’s electricity. But after the disaster, the country shut down all 54 of its nuclear reactors, including Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. Only 14 ...