Fukushima

Fuel removal device installed at meltdown-hit Fukushima reactor

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have installed a device to remove nuclear…

Ex-bosses to go on trial over Fukushima disaster

by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Three former executives at Fukushima's operator stand trial this week on…

Disaster training drill held in Tokyo before March 11 Fukushima anniversary

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) --About 100 people took part in a disaster training drill in downtown Tokyo on Friday (March 10),…

Japan switches on nuclear reactor after safety shutdown

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan has restarted one of its few operating nuclear reactors after a two-month safety checkup, despite…

Japan hit by 6.0 magnitude quake, no tsunami warning

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan was hit by a strong earthquake for the second straight day on Saturday, though there were…

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off northern Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there…

Pacific Ocean radiation back near normal after Fukushima: study

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown…

Vessel preparing to ship plutonium to US arrives at Japanese port: media

Tokyo, Japan (AFP)---An armed nuclear transport vessel preparing to ship a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50…

Japan ‘cannot do without’ nuke power–Abe

  Tokyo, Japan (AFP)---Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said Japan "cannot do without" nuclear power, as he spoke on…

Japan restarts nuclear reactor amid protests

  (Reuters) -- Japan switched on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday (August…

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