ON Friday March 11 2011, a huge earthquake, followed by a terrifying tsunami hit Japan. Among the damage and loss of life, it ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans start of full-scale commercial operation of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s No. 6 reactor on ...

A reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant began power generation and transmission on a trial basis Monday, as ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans start of full-scale commercial operation of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant’s No. 6 reactor on March 18.

The No. 6 reactor in late January became TEPCO's first reactor to be brought back online since the meltdowns at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami ...

Boston Children's Museum has recently opened the "Trees Make Happiness 2" art installation featured in its Japanese House Gallery. This new exhibit builds on the Museum's ongoing commitment to ...

On 11 March 2011, at 2.46pm, Japan was rocked by the most powerful earthquake in its history, triggering tsunami alerts and causing panic. This documentary captures the experiences of survivors and ...

On March 11, 2011, Japan was rocked by a devastating tsunami, killing 20,000 and triggering a nuclear meltdown. In the first of a two-part documentary, survivors and witnesses tell their extraordinary ...

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance.

Today in History for Feb. 27: ...

A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.