Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

Japan’s nuclear history presents an opportunity to lead regional safety and disaster preparedness in East Asia ...

The country is running out of room to store contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster ... 10 miles north of the plant, spend days collecting readings at hundreds of points, which they use to create color-coded maps of radioactivity ...

ODAKA, Japan >> Every year when winter finally loosens its grip on northern Japan, Tomoko Kobayashi begins what has become an annual rite for her and a small band of collaborators. They head out with ...

This was in response to Tokyo’s decision to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Tokyo plans to release 1.32 million metric tonnes of ...

Naoaki Okuzumi, the head of research at Japan’s lead research institute on decommissioning, compares the work ahead to climbing a mountain range - without a map ... Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant ...