Niigata Prefecture has held the first public hearing, attended by residents, on the advisability of restarting reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant ...

The Japanese government Friday approved evacuation plans in the event of an accident at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

Tuesday marks 18 months since a powerful earthquake hit areas along the Sea of Japan coast including Noto Peninsula on New ...

A powerful earthquake exceeding magnitude 7 is likely to strike the Sea of Japan within the next three decades, a Japanese ...

The firm has decided to put the No. 6 reactor back online ahead of the No. 7 unit, which is ready to be restarted.

A food bank launched in April by students at Niigata University distributed foodstuffs to struggling fellow students for the ...

A Japanese government panel says the chance of a magnitude 7 earthquake or stronger striking in the Sea of Japan off from the ...

Niigata is known for Japan's best koshihikari rice and sake, but it offers much more. We run the rule over 7 of the best places to eat there Japan's Niigata prefecture may be less than 90 minutes ...

The 35th annual Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, roughly 112 miles northwest of Tokyo, was the largest event of its kind in Japan, said 29-year-old head judge ...