For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant after a 14-year shutdown, marking a pivotal shift back toward nuclear power to strengthen energy security, curb fossil fuel imports, and ...

The world’s largest nuclear power station is edging back toward full operation in coastal Niigata, a turning point in the long and uneasy comeback of atomic energy in Japan. After more than a decade ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan’s ‘most dangerous’ nuclear power plant admits to manipulating earthquake safety data A Japanese power plant operator has ...

After the infamous 2011 explosion of three reactors in Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Fukushima, the government shut down all nuclear operations. For fifteen years, Japan banished nuclear power, ...

The restart of a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant has been suspended in Japan, a day after the process began, its operator, which also manages the wrecked Fukushima plant, said. But ...

Japan has deployed snake-like robots to remove Fukushima nuclear debris and boost decommissioning efforts. Cleaning up the ...

NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japan took the final step to allow the world's ‌largest nuclear power plant to resume operations with a regional vote on Monday, ‌a watershed moment in the country's ...

Five years behind its initial schedule, Tokyo Electric Power Co. unveiled a robotic arm that it plans to use to remove ...

The Unit 2 reactor at the Shimane nuclear power station resumed operation in January 2025, more than a decade after it, and all other reactors in Japan, were taken offline. Japanese officials want ...

Japan and the United States are considering next-generation nuclear power reactor construction as a strong candidate for the second round of Japan's investments in and loans to the United States total ...

NIIGATA — The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday, a watershed moment in the country's pivot back to nuclear since ...