A Japanese town whose population fled the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster has partially reopened eight years later. Radiation levels in parts of Okuma, west of the Daiichi plant, have been ...

The Fukushima nuclear disaster was triggered by a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011 Japan has announced for the first time that a worker at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power ...

In the Tohoku region, where the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is located, nearly 90 percent of respondents said the efforts are insufficient, while less than 10 percent said they are ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, left, inspects the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2024. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) The lessons Japan ...

The draft strategy has sparked anger and disapproval from families impacted by the Fukushima tragedy. Thousands of people fled their homes when exclusion zones were set up in the aftermath of the ...

The debris was extracted from the Fukushima Prefecture plant's No. 2 reactor under the power company's first trial removal that started in September and was completed on Nov. 7. It has been ...

Following the 2011 accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the IAEA and the Fukushima Prefecture agreed to cooperate on radiation monitoring and remediation. The Practical ...