The industry ministry plans to allow utilities to build new nuclear reactors on condition they decommission the same number ...

If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings. In this May 31, 2025 file photo, Japan’s then-Defense Minister ...

TOKYO, 16th May, 2026 (WAM) -- Tohoku Electric Power Co. said Friday it will halt a reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, after detecting radioactive steam within ...

Beijing asks the international body to prioritise Tokyo's 'dangerous tendency to seek nuclear weapons' as regional row escalates The row between China and Japan has ratcheted up a notch, with Beijing ...

China has called for Japan to be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons at a nuclear disarmament conference currently underway in New York.

The ongoing war in Ukraine and crises in the Middle East have caused significant instability in the international energy supply. For energy importers like Japan, a reliable and affordable energy ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after a disaster at the Fukushima power plant forced the country to shut all its nuclear reactors. Reactor no.6 at ...

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 ...

Japan’s government adopted on Tuesday new decarbonization targets aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70% ...

One year after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Japan is facing a dilemma of how to clean up the disaster and how to meet current and future energy needs, says expert Charles D. Ferguson, even as the ...

The operator of the Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, said that it will halt the facility's No. 2 reactor after radioactive steam was detected within its turbine ...