The new proposal says nuclear energy should account for 20% of Japan’s energy supply in 2040, up from just 8.5% last year, ...

For Japanese society, which experienced the catastrophic nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, policy decisions regarding nuclear power are critical for its future.

In a reversal after 10 years, Japan ... on nuclear power” from the seventh Strategic Energy Plan, which was added in 2014 three years after the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident.

Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit by a powerful New Year’s Day quake to study its potential impact. The Nuclear Regulation ...

Nuclear power is forecast to be the cheapest baseload electricity source in Japan in 2040, highlighting the government’s desire to restart the nation’s idled reactors. The cost of constructing ...