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High court in Japan agreed defendants could not have predicted the massive tsunami that crippled the power plant and triggered a nuclear meltdown

Japan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown at Fukushima

Firm’s president at time of disaster among five defendants found liable for £80bn in damage by Tokyo court

Mounting tensions with Russia, a global pandemic and a reckless scramble for nuclear energy: the echoes of 1957 are alarming – we would do well to heed them

Japanese measures including turning down the heating and slower trains could ease pressure on British households, say experts

Japanese energy-saving campaign could hold key to easing pressure on British households, say experts

Between 2016 and 2018, the multi-disciplinary team studied wild boar and rat snakes across a range of radiation exposures in Fukushima. The team examined biomarkers of DNA damage and stress and did not find any significant...

Fukushima plant operator Tepco suffers blow to plans to resume at its only operable atomic facility

Japan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversy

Futaba to reopen for start of Olympic torch relay after being deserted for nine years

Japan aims to power region, scene of 2011 meltdown, with 100% renewable energy by 2040

Greenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurred

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown...

More than a million tonnes of contaminated water lies in storage but power company says it will run out of space by 2022

Workers begin to empty storage pool – but more critical removal of melted fuel from reactors themselves will be more challenging