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 ...

Disabled since the Fukushima disaster, local authorities gave the go-ahead for the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. Voting took place amid protests from residents. Japan has taken a final step to ...

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 ...

China on Wednesday urged Japan to promptly clarify the situation following a water leakage involving radioactive substances at a nuclear reactor during decommissioning work. Japanese media reported ...

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

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 ...

Japan is providing $1.3 billion in subsidies over five years to companies, including data centers, that commit to using 100% ...

Japan is set to reopen its largest nuclear power plant next month, 15 years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.