Wildfires in Western Japan Damage Homes, Forcing Evacuations March 25, 2025 By Mari Yamaguchi Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and...
Massive Fukushima Plant Cleanup Involves High Radiation and Stress March 13, 2025 By Mari Yamaguchi The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown in Japan 14 years ago....
Robot to Remove Melted Nuclear Fuel From Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Reactor May 30, 2024 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits...
Tokyo Court Rules Only Fukushima Operator Must Pay Compensation, Cuts Damages December 28, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages...
Removing Fukushima’s Melted Nuclear Fuel Will Be Harder Than Wastewater Release August 29, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the treated water transfer switch is on....
Japan’s Top Court Rules Government Restrictions on Transgender Employee’s Use of Restrooms Illegal July 13, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee’s use of restrooms...
New Images From Inside Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Spark Safety Concerns April 5, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi Images captured by a robotic probe inside one of the three melted reactors at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant...
What’s Happening at Fukushima Nuclear Plant 12 Years After Meltdown? March 15, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a...
Japan Indicates Delay of Fukushima Plant Water Release January 17, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the...
Japan Approves Plan to Release Wastewater From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant May 20, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to...