By Mariko Katsumura, John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Nobuhiro Kubo IWAKI, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) - Takuma Hashimoto was ...

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, on ...

Japan power prices surged this week as the conflict in the Middle East raised concerns about prolonged disruptions to energy ...

Japan has restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant after a 14-year shutdown, marking a pivotal shift back toward ...

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A government-commissioned panel of experts on Wednesday largely supported Japan’s new energy policy for the next few years that calls for bolstering renewables up to half of electricity needs by 2040 ...

Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: where will all of the ...

Japan’s government has revised its energy plan to increase reliance on nuclear power, aiming for 20% nuclear energy production by 2040. The decision reverses a previous policy to reduce dependence on ...

Within a few years, trucks in Japan could be running on hydrogen made from renewable energy. The country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announced in December that it will subsidize efforts ...