The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Jan. 7 suspended its safety review of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant after concluding ...
Researchers onboard the deep sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu sailed to the Japan Trench to drill up to 7,906 metres beneath the seafloor. Credit: JAMSTEC/IODP. A thin, soft and slippery layer of ...
Japan’s nuclear watchdog concluded that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture does not ...
On Monday, at 4:53 P.M. local time, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern shores of Japan’s largest island, Honshu, where the Pacific tectonic plate plunges beneath the North American ...
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Monday, and the government has released a warning of a possible “megaquake” to follow. We explore what that is.
TOKYO—Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday accepted an expert panel's report that an active earthquake fault line runs directly under an idled plant in western Japan, a decision that complicates the ...
Northern Japan experienced a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday, April 20, and the Japan Meteorological Agency swiftly issued tsunami advisories. But federal authorities say there is no risk to the ...