One of the surviving reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was loaded with fuel last summer and recently turned back on, ...

The Fukushima nuclear accident of March 2011 was the direct result of an underwater earthquake off the coast of Japan that sent a tsunami surging into the power plant on the coast of the town of Ōkuma ...

At the train station we’re the only passengers who get off. At our accommodation, we’re the first foreigners our host has seen in a long time.

Top Japanese authorities said on Monday they have been in close ​coordination with the United States on foreign exchange, but declined to ‌confirm news reports of rate checks that drove the yen ...

Any Japanese intervention to prop up the yen will have limited effect in sustainably halting the currency's slide, former ...

Any Japanese government intervention to support the yen is unlikely to have a lasting impact unless it is backed by strong ...

An alert from a monitoring system was triggered while workers were starting up reactor number six at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa ...

The setback occurred hours after one of the world’s largest nuclear complexes restarted, ending more than a decade of ...

The world's largest nuclear power plant has been shut down just hours after it was due to start up after an alarm sounded.

The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan Thursday just hours after the process began, ...

The restart of the No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant had been suspended because of a glitch related to control rods, its operator said.

Tepco has restarted unit 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP after NRA approval, following a 14-year nuclear hiatus.