Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from ...

Japan is set to increase its nuclear power capacity, reversing a post-Fukushima policy to reduce reliance on nuclear energy, ...

Japan’s Seventh Basic Energy Plan, approved by the Cabinet on Feb. 18, indicates next to no qualms about a “return to nuclear power.” ...

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

"But most Japanese people will not forget the Fukushima ... produce toxic waste and are vulnerable to natural and geopolitical disasters. Anti-nuclear advocate Aileen Mioko Smith says nuclear ...

Japan has restarted 14 reactors in the last decade to meet growing demand for power in the world’s fourth-biggest economy.

It comes as the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster from 14 ... 9.0-magnitude earthquake near Japan's north-east coast spawned a tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people, wiping out entire towns ...

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. It is the fifth ...