Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in ...

Locals sweltered as the temperature soared to 39 degrees Celsius in Japan. Footage shows a clear blue sky over Shizuoka City, ...

Animator Skill Test Textbook The Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association NAFCA will launch the English edition of the textbook“Animator S ...

The acquittal of a Japanese man who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was ...

Prosecutors have decided not to appeal against the acquittal of Shoshi Maekawa, now 60, whose retrial was granted years after ...

People around the world are fascinated by dinosaurs and the prehistoric world in which they lived. In Japan, the country's ...

The total is now less than half of its peak, marked at the end of fiscal 1994, due to vehicle electrification and improved ...

Sweltering heat blanketed much of Japan again on Thursday, with temperatures forecast to hit a life-threatening 40 degrees ...

Programming starts Wednesday (Aug. 6) with a 12-hour vigil, “80 Years After: Hibakusha Call Us to Remember,” from 8:15 a.m.

Currently, the No. 3 unit is the only reactor in operation at the Mihama station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, while the other two units are set to be decommissioned.

Nuclear power in Japan. A Japanese power utility said yesterday that it will begin a survey about the potential construction of a nuclear reactor in Fukui prefecture.

MORE than a decade after the meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japanese energy firm Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) ...