Tepco has restarted its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP Unit 6 in Niigata after technical delays, aiming for commercial operation by mid-March.

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A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large ...

The facility had been offline since Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a colossal earthquake and tsunami sent three ...

The world's biggest nuclear power plant is again operating, after an earlier attempt to bring the facility back online was ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company has restarted unit 6 of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture ...

Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and possibly a lurch to the political right.

Rising beside Tokyo Station, the $4.8 billion Torch Tower is set to become Japan’s tallest building and the centerpiece of a massive new urban district. This video explores what makes it unique, from ...

The best people in the world must come from Kentucky – that’s what a small town in Japan thought. This is because 101 years ...

Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the ...

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to restart unit 6 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant on Monday. An attempt last month to restart the reactor, which has been offline for almost 14 ...

Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima ...