Japan's government continues to avoid confronting the difficult reality of nuclear power. But this doesn't mean the myths of inherent safety and absolute necessity of reactors can go on forever.

The governor of Japan's Hokkaido prefecture said on Wednesday he has approved the restart of Hokkaido Electric Power's Tomari nuclear power plant in northern Japan.

In Fukushima Prefecture, the region which experienced a nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, emergency response specialists from Ukraine, Southeast Asia and Australia ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- The governor of Japan's Hokkaido prefecture said on Wednesday he has approved the restart of Hokkaido ...

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) announced on Dec. 9 that about 650 liters of water containing radioactive materials overflowed ...

An analysis by Shinshu University and the Distribution Economics Institute of Japan shows that wholesale prices for flounder—a key Fukushima ...

A powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck northern Japan, affecting Hokkaido and Tohoku regions and prompting tsunami ...

Nuclear facilities have been inspected in Japan as authorities assess the damage from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

Hokkaido’s governor has approved the restart of Tomari 3, clearing the last major hurdle for the 912 MWe reactor to return to ...

Tsunami alert lifted after 6.9-magnitude tremor prompts evacuations along Pacific coast - Details on damage and injuries from ...

TOKYO -- Japan on Friday issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast, according ...