Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable, as it tries to ...

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

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge ...

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

Local consent removes final hurdle for resumption of world’s largest nuclear facility, shut since 2012 after Fukushima disaster ...

Japan wants to boost nuclear power generation to slash its reliance on imported fossil fuels. But the public is torn between ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday completed the process to obtain local consent for restarting a nuclear ...

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

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

Japanese authorities will restart the world's largest nuclear power plant, which has been dormant for more than a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 ...

The Niigata region in Japan is expected to approve the restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, December ...