Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office two months ago, has backed nuclear restarts to strengthen energy security.

Japan has approved Tokyo Electric Power Co. to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear site as the world's largest nuclear ...

The governor of Niigata has formally given local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle toward re ...

Japan is reopening the world’s largest nuclear power plant after a regional vote gave the greenlight on Monday. The ...

If approved, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa would become the first nuclear station operated by TEPCO to resume operations since the ...

Local government officials in Japan have given approval for the restart of a reactor at the world's largest nuclear power ...

Tepco, operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, has been allowed to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 15 years after the ...

The country took a final step last week when regional officials approved the restarting of Fukushima nearly 15 years after ...

Japan is preparing to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world's largest, which was shut down after the ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge ...

JAPAN will restart the world’s largest nuclear power station, nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown. The decision was ...