This past weekend, the Japanese headed to the polls to take part in the first election since the catastrophic nuclear disaster. But the election results have anti-nuclear critics across the country shocked and baffled. Many of them are struggling to understand how the Liberal Democratic Party not only won, but [...]

It is a bold admission from a company that tried desperately to skirt around accusations that it was responsible for one of the worst nuclear accidents in 25 years. This week, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant admitted its lack of safety controls and bad habits were [...]

It’s an announcement that anxious Japanese residents don’t want to hear, following one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters in history. The operator of Japan’s disgraced Fukushima nuclear power plant said it could not rule out the possibility that it may still be leaking radiation into the sea. Back in [...]

Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has said that it could have dealt better with the meltdown at Japan’s infamous Fukushima nuclear plant. The statement is a stunning reversal from the company’s insistence that the disaster was unavoidable due to an unexpected force of nature. Reuters reports that the comments were [...]

A government-backed think tank in Japan is highlighting the impact of a new carbon tax on the nation’s utilities companies. According to the report, Japan’s new tax on carbon emissions will cost utilities about 80 billion yen ($1.02 billion) annually from 2016. The think tank argues that this adds to [...]

A showdown is expected between the Japanese government and the country’s opponents of nuclear power. Reuters reports that Japan’s Economics Minister has announced that nuclear reactors can be restarted if a new regulator deems them safe. Confusion is expected to mount over how the dozens of units (idle since the [...]

It has been 18 months since a powerful earthquake rocked Japan, triggering a deadly tsunami along the nation’s coast. Since then, the country has dealt with the emotional task of grieving its dead, re-building its towns, and easing the political fallout from one of the largest nuclear disasters in recent [...]

The world’s nuclear industry is still reeling from Japan’s Fukushima accident 18 months ago. With a tarnished reputation and world politicians promising voters they’ll pull out of nuclear energy altogether, the industry is on a PR blitz to save its image. According to Reuters, senior executives say the nuclear industry [...]

It has been 18 months since the 9.0-magnitude quake that devastated life on the Japanese coast. The deadly disaster was also responsible for the nuclear outbreak at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant. And this week, researchers suggest the nuclear fallout is affecting environmental species in the region. A new study [...]

It has been nearly 18 months since the 9.0-magnitiude quake that ravaged the Japanese coast. The disaster was responsible for the nuclear tragedy that unfolded at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power plant. But despite that tragedy, locals have been finding opportunities for environmental betterment. Before last year’s disaster, the spa resort [...]