Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

Before Fukushima, nuclear power supplied around 30 percent of Japan’s electricity. But after the disaster, the country shut down all 54 of its nuclear reactors, including Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. Only 14 ...

Japan has cleared the way to restart the world's biggest nuclear power plant, almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa was among 54 reactors shut after the Fukushima Daiichi plant meltdown in 2011. Read more at ...

The country took a final step last week when regional officials approved the restarting of Fukushima nearly 15 years after ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

One of the worst natural disasters took place on December 26, 2004 following one of the strongest earthquakes in the oceans.

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge ...

The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to endorse a decision to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant on Monday ...

JAPAN will restart the world’s largest nuclear power station, nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown. The decision was ...

The plant, once among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled Fukushima, could soon bring one of its ...