TOKYO - The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan received whistleblower reports regarding alleged manipulation of quake-resistance data but did not conduct an investigation until nuclear ...

ASX uranium stocks are back in focus as global economies embrace nuclear power for clean, reliable and affordable energy.

Scientists have documented elephants breaking chains to flee inland and hibernating snakes emerging in winter before major earthquakes, yet most of us dismiss our pets' strange behavior as mere quirks ...

The earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people and led to the Fukushima nuclear shutdown was amplified by a soft layer of slippery clay, according to a new study. The layer is only around ...

Ionizing radiation apparently didn’t prevent some types of bacteria from breeding in the water, but they are not the expected ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

From rental families to grief phone booths, Japanese people have used surprising strategies to combat loneliness.

Debris and mud cover a city in Japan flattened by a massive tsunami in March 2011, caused by the energy released by a ...

One of the surviving reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant was loaded with fuel last summer and recently turned back on, ...

Japan may have its first woman Prime Minister, but in the business community, breaking down decades of entrenched resistance ...

The unusual rate check by the New York Federal Reserve that triggered a spike in the stubbornly weak yen has lowered the ...

Any Japanese intervention to prop up the yen will have limited effect in sustainably halting the currency's slide, former ...