Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

The governor of Niigata has formally given local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle toward re ...

Japan is returning to nuclear energy almost 15 years after the Fukushima disaster – but not everyone is convinced it’s a good ...

If approved, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa would become the first nuclear station operated by TEPCO to resume operations since the ...

Japan's best result in the World Cup is a Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022) finish and enters the 2026 tournament ranked ...

Here is Japan's World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.

Tokyo Electric Power Co plans to restart the first unit of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's biggest, ...

Japan midfielder Takumi Minamino has torn the ACL in his left knee while playing for Monaco and will almost certainly miss ...

When the World Baseball Classic begins in March, new White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami will be playing for Team Japan.

By Kantaro Komiya, Yuka Obayashi and Katya Golubkova NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japan took the final step to allow ...

The plant, once among 54 reactors shut after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled Fukushima, could soon bring one of its ...