Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant

In line with the Abe administration's push for the restart of nuclear reactors, the 2013 government white paper on environmental issues has noticeably removed the warning on...

FUKUSHIMA--Officials are still struggling to dispose of some 17,000 tons of contaminated rice produced in Fukushima Prefecture after the nuclear disaster there two years ago.

A Japanese court has rejected a demand that a city affected by the fallout of the country's 2011 nuclear disaster evacuate its children.

Solidarity clearly has no place in Japan's nuclear power industry.

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Radioactive water continues to leak from tanks at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Space is running out to store the hundreds of tons of contaminated water produced each...

During my visit to Fukushima last month, the city, on the surface, seems to have picked itself up and dusted itself off. The strength and stoic nature of the Japanese seemed...

AIZU-WAKAMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture--Nestled in the picturesque western mountains of Fukushima Prefecture, Aizu-Wakamatsu is rich with the history of feudal and modern Japan.

Radiation testing shows a sharp decline in internal exposure levels among Fukushima Prefecture residents, two years after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident.

Interest is fading in the weekly anti-nuclear protests near the prime minister's office that once attracted thousands of people and pressed the government to adopt a policy of...

FUKUSHIMA--For a problem caused by such advanced technology, the solution sounds decidedly low-tech.

Two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan and triggered the unprecedented nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

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Just months after Quince was deployed to inspect Japan's tsunami-devastated Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the $6 million robot got trapped in its dark and winding pathways.

Seven young intellectuals are seeking support for their proposal to preserve the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as a tourist site carrying a cautionary message for...