Japan has more than 20,000 communities that could be cut off from the rest of the country by a major disaster, according to ...

The earthquake struck around 26 miles northeast of the town of Goroka in the country's Eastern Highlands province.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa was among 54 reactors shut after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Japan intends to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant in the Niigata region. According to Japan’s Kyodo News agency, Tokyo Electric Power Company is studying the restart of the first of ...

Japan’s decision comes as it seeks to move away from costly and more polluting imported fossil fuels towards clean and ...

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The move came after Niigata prefecture governor Hideyo Hanazumi approved the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant last month.

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Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for ...

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Japan has cleared the way to restart the world's biggest nuclear power plant, almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

The area of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures is one of the world’s most densely populated regions. Should a massive earthquake strike, significant social and economic disruption would be unavoidable.