The Latest Breaking News from Fukushima

The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami.

Tokyo wants to drop attempts to lessen its reliance on nuclear power, according to a draft energy plan

The country last tapped the reserve following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Residents in Fukushima need to ensure their rubbish is properly sorted, or face the consequences

Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, the first rejection under safety standards that were reinforced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster and a setback as Japan seeks to accelerate reactor restarts to maximize nuclear power

A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for failing to prevent the disaster as top management, has died, with his trials still pending

Onagawa No. 2 reactor restarts in Japan post-2011 disaster, highlighting nuclear energy revival and safety enhancements.

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant has been restarted after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions