New draft policy calls for nuclear power to meet 20 per cent of national energy needs by 2040 as against 8.5 per cent now ...

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

April 12, 2011: Japan raises the accident to category 7, the highest level on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, from an earlier 5, based on radiation released into the ...

Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources at the Board of Audit of Japan.

(Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) The lessons Japan learned the hard way from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power ... based on regrets over the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The draft plan labels nuclear ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011 ... reactors in Japan must be back online, with only 14 back in service after the Fukushima disaster.

which followed the 2011 nuclear disaster. The plan emphasizes the need of low-carbon energy sources to meet data centers' and semiconductor factories' growing demand for power. Japan will promote ...

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011 ... reactors in Japan must be back online, with only 14 back in service after the Fukushima disaster.