Fukushima nuclear crisis
May 16, 2012
A Diet committee will try to determine who is telling the truth about a key phase in the Fukushima nuclear disaster: politicians or executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co.
May 16, 2012
Did Tokyo Electric Power Co. ask government officials to allow all company workers to evacuate the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant at a critical stage of last year’s...
May 16, 2012
Following internal confusion, the science and technology ministry retracted a plan to end yearlong measurements of accumulated radiation doses at nine locations in Fukushima...
May 16, 2012
AMMAN, Jordan--The head of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) said the nation's first nuclear reactor could be delayed by continued armed conflict in neighboring Syria.
May 15, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s chairman blamed the government, the prime minister and the TEPCO president for the confusion following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant, ...
May 15, 2012
The appointment of the chairman of Japan’s publicly funded broadcaster to the board of Tokyo Electric Power Co. has raised concerns about its unbiased reporting on the...
May 14, 2012
OI, Fukui Prefecture--In rare good news for the central government, Oi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka has signaled his readiness to approve a resumption of operations at the Oi nuclear...
May 14, 2012
Eight of the 11 municipalities within 30 kilometers of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture expressed opposition or are taking a cautious approach to the restart of...
May 12, 2012
Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid organizers were hoping that the international community would rally around the bid in a show of solidarity as the nation rebuilds after the events of ...
May 12, 2012
The 71-year-old chairman of Japan’s public broadcaster has been picked as an outside director of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1...
May 12, 2012
Facing criticism over its planned price hikes, Tokyo Electric Power Co. will offer consumers a "peak shift plan," which charges more for power during afternoon hours but...
May 12, 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said May 11 he could allow reactors to restart at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture even before the planned new nuclear regulatory...
May 11, 2012
In an effort likely to just be a symbolic one, a citizens group submitted petitions containing 323,076 signatures to the Tokyo metropolitan government on May 10 calling for a...
May 11, 2012
A number of publishers have asked to update their senior high school textbooks to include last year's Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis.
May 11, 2012
SAPPORO--It began in May 2011 as a humble gathering of five people. Now, there's a waiting period of several months to book lectures by a man once known as “Chernobyl...
May 10, 2012
In the days after the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, the Cabinet Office was drawing up plans to evacuate 500,000 people in a “worst-case scenario” at the Fukushima...
May 10, 2012
The restructuring plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. approved May 9 will trigger howls of protest from millions of customers, but government and company officials say the grim...
May 10, 2012
Researchers measuring fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster say radioactive cesium deposits in Tokyo Bay have increased by up to 70 percent since last summer.
May 10, 2012
Electricity rates could double from current levels by 2030 if Japan opts to abolish nuclear power generation.
May 09, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Japan's biggest utility and the owner of the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant, will be taken over by the government after the...