A series of lawsuits have been filed against the Sendai reactors. In 2019, the Fukuoka District Court dismissed a request by residents to nullify the regulator's permission for installing the reactors ...

A Japanese court on Friday rejected the request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nucle ...

KAGOSHIMA--The long losing streak continued for Kyushu residents trying to shut down the Sendai nuclear power plant in ...

A three-day evacuation exercise involving nearly 5,000 residents began on Feb. 14 close to a nuclear power plant here.

An artist in Tokyo is mending ceramics that were broken in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake for free. Using the traditional ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

The Self-Defense Forces have made efforts to strengthen cooperation with local governments in preparation for a major ...

One Day in Rural Japan - Exploring Kyushu ...

On a remote volcanic island south of Kyushu, Japan’s ambitious plan to ... construction crews diverted to rebuild earthquake-damaged areas on the Noto peninsula, raw material shortages, and ...

Tsunami alerts in southern Japan were lifted after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the coast of Kyushu on Monday. The quake struck at a depth of approximately 22 miles and caused two small ...

The quake, centered at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles), shook a wide area in Kyushu, JMA said ... Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the “Ring of Fire ...