Chugoku Electric Power on Saturday restarted its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan, shuttered since shortly after the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, the company said. The long-delayed restart of the …
Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref. – About 1,300 people participated in the Tour de Tohoku 2024 on Sunday, cycling through coastal areas in northeastern Japan, including the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, …
The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said Thursday it aims to carry out a trial removal of highly radioactive debris next week, after a previous attempt was …
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) said Sunday that it has completed the fourth round of the fiscal 2024 release of treated water into the ocean from its disaster-crippled Fukushima …
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref. – The total number of visitors to the Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum in northeastern Japan, which is designed to share lessons learned from the March 2011 massive …
Okuma, Fukushima Pref. – Former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Monday to inspect progress on the release of tritium-containing treated water …
Morioka, Iwate Pref. – Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso, who leads one of the prefectures hardest hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, has expressed his eagerness to take advantage …
The government expects that victim compensation and other costs related to the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant will rise ¥1.9 trillion from its current projection, …
Shiseido slashed its full-year profit forecast on slower demand from Chinese consumers following the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The Japanese cosmetics company …
Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the sea is “progressing as planned and without any technical concerns,” the U.N. nuclear watchdog …