Tokyo Court Orders Ex-Tepco Execs to Pay $95B Damages over Fukushima Disaster July 13, 2022 TOKYO –– The Tokyo district court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 13...
Power Outage Alert in Japan Amid Quake Damage, Cold Weather March 23, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — Japanese were urged Tuesday to conserve energy as the government warned of potential blackouts in the Tokyo...
Japan Turns Down the Heat and Dims the Lights to Avoid Power Cut After Quake March 22, 2022 By Yuka Obayashi and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO —Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialed down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an...
Fukushima Operators Send Robot Into Worst-Hit Melted Reactor February 9, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot on Tuesday was used to probe the hardest-hit nuclear reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima...
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator: Seismometers Were Broken February 23, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that two seismometers at one of...
Newly Found Fukushima Plant Contamination May Delay Cleanup January 29, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — A draft investigation report into the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, adopted by Japanese nuclear regulators Wednesday, says...
Japan PM Says Plan to Release Fukushima Water Coming Soon October 29, 2020 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that his government is working on the final details of a...
Japan Court Orders Gov’t, TEPCO to Pay in Fukushima Disaster October 1, 2020 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) _ A Japanese court on Wednesday found the government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant...