As Fukushima memories fade, Japan embraces a nuclear-powered future

By Mariko Katsumura, John Geddie, Katya Golubkova and Nobuhiro Kubo IWAKI, Japan, March 9 (Reuters) - Takuma Hashimoto was ...

Marking 15 years since the 2011 Japan earthquake

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.

Japan eyes distant island for nuclear waste dump

The island is surrounded by a coral atoll and is only 0.6 miles wide. Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: where will all of the radioactive ...
The Diplomat

Japan’s Iran Dilemma: Oil, Alliances, and Nuclear Double Standards

For Japan, the crisis is not only about energy security. It also strikes at the heart of the country’s moral and strategic ...

Japan should use nuclear plants to offset Iran crisis, opposition party head says

By Kantaro Komiya and Katya Golubkova TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan should operate all of its available nuclear power plants to offset the impact of the Iran war on electricity bills, Yuichiro ...
UN News

‘No one should be a hibakusha’: Young Japanese activist’s mission to share atomic bomb survivor stories

A Japanese peace activist is hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament by keeping alive the stories of the atomic bomb ...
World Nuclear News

Nuclear included in Japan-Canada strategic roadmap

Enhanced cooperation in the area of clean energy, including small modular reactors, is one of the areas highlighted in the Canada-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Roadmap.  ; ...
The Japan Times

Japan's nuclear comeback slow, steady and seen as necessary

Fifteen years after the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant forced Japan to rethink its energy policy, the ...