A government-commissioned panel of experts on Wednesday largely supported Japan's new energy policy for the next few years that calls for bolstering renewables up to half of electricity needs by 2040 ...

Japan will minimize its dependency on nuclear ... nuclear power reactors can be rebuilt on the premises of other nuclear power plants as long as those sites are under management of the same ...

Uranium was found in one of the three meltdown-hit reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.

Nuclear power is forecast to be the cheapest baseload electricity source in Japan in 2040 ... constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at 12.5 yen ($0.08 ...

The draft policy states that nuclear power should meet nearly 20 per cent of Japan’s energy needs by ... also recommends replacing decommissioned plants with advanced reactors and calls for ...

Grist sat down with environmental journalist Marco Visscher to talk about his new book on the rise, fall, and return of ...

Many areas in Nagaoka are within 30 kilometers of the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings nuclear plant. Officials from the ministry explained plans to allow the restart of reactors whose safety ...

Thermal power usage, particularly from inefficient coal-fired power plants, is set to decrease ... the 2030 target of between 36% and 38%. Japan's 2040 nuclear power target is in line with the ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has met with top Chinese leaders during his visit to Beijing, the first since the heads of the two countries met at a summit in Peru last month ...

The cost of constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at ... nuclear is cheaper than solar in some scenarios. Japan is currently in the process of revising its ...

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan ...