Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.

It has been 14 years since the devastating triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan ... spawning a massive tsunami, which caused the world’s worst nuclear disaster of the 21st century.

Huge amounts of radioactive material were released and continue to cause radiation damage to this day ... the consequences of which are still being felt today. Two weeks after Fukushima, on 27 March ...

The framework is a national project founded in 2017 with the aim of economically rebooting the region following triple meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant caused by the 2011 earthquake ...

A “megaquake” and the resulting tsunami could cause 298,000 deaths in Japan and damages worth up to $2 trillion, according to ...

The man in charge of cleaning up the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has admitted there is little cause for optimism while thousands of workers continue their battle to contain huge ...

She fears the acquittals will intensify a sense of helplessness among those affected in Fukushima Prefecture. “Victims of damage caused by the nuclear accident tend not to speak out,” Muto said.

PM, just as the train crew was disconnecting the Yamagata Shinkansen from the Tohoku Shinkansen. When the crew noticed an abnormal noise, they promptly halted operations to assess the situation. Such ...

The damaged Unit 1 reactor, back, and the exhaust stack shared by the Unit 1 and 2 reactors are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings ...

The decision, dated Wednesday, upholds lower court rulings that the executives could not have foreseen the massive tsunami that caused the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ...