A Japanese town whose population fled the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster has partially reopened eight years later. Radiation levels in parts of Okuma, west of the Daiichi plant, have been ...

Tokyo - An extendable robot began a two-week mission Tuesday to retrieve the first sample of melted fuel debris from inside one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The IAEA claims the soil meets safety standards, but critics argue spreading the contamination is dangerous and could lead to increased cancer risks.

As efforts got underway Tuesday to retrieve a first sample of the highly radioactive debris festering in the depths of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, shoppers with deep ...

When the tsunami struck, three of the six reactors at the Fukushima plant were active, causing them to melt down. The resulting debris is extremely radioactive, requiring Tepco to create special ...

It's been eight years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Operations to remove radioactive material were mostly completed back in 2018. But a new problem has emerged: how to dispose of ...

A year has passed since treated water containing trace amounts of tritium started to be released into the sea from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. While the move is said to have ...

Prefectural authorities in Fukushima have had nine years to figure out whether local produce is free of radiation and safe to eat, and the answer is a resounding yes. Moves are now afoot to scale ...

Tokyo: The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant said it will start a trial removal of highly radioactive debris from Tuesday after an earlier attempt was suspended.

A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel ...

NIHONMATSU, Fukushima Prefecture--Rice farmer Toshio Watanabe felt strongly embarrassed when he saw the estimate for the selling price of rice to be harvested in 2022. Farm products of Fukushima ...

Fukushima Store’s Selena Kailiehu (from left), manager Desiree Kekiwi-Higa and Monica Uweko‘olani prepare hot dogs at the landmark Haiku store Thursday morning. — The Maui News / MATTHEW ...