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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Japan's nuclear power output rose to 33.6 percent of the total capacity of operable reactors in fiscal 2025, the highest ...

Japan’s new osmotic power plant in Fukuoka can generate 880,000 kWh annually - enough to power 220 households or support a desalination facility. Osmotic energy, produced by mixing fresh and salt ...

On November 24, the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial restart of the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant—the world’s largest, with a 7,965-megawatt-electric capacity—the first time ...

A Japanese power plant operator has admitted to cherry-picking critical safety data to pass the screening process of the nuclear safety regulator to restart two of its offline reactors. Chubu Electric ...

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 ...