Three former Tokyo Electric execs go on trial over the triple core meltdown in Fukushima, claiming they could not foresee that giant tsunami would overwhelm the plant.

Three former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives are set to stand trial this week on the only criminal charges laid in connection to the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant disaster, as thousands remain unable to return to their homes near the shuttered ...

It's like a dream to once again be able to live in my "home, sweet home." That's what Hidezo Sato, 72, says he feels every day since returning to his fallout-hit hometown of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The government partially lifted its nuclear evacuation order on March ...

A construction company on Friday disclosed that has been padding the lodging bills of the decontamination workers involved in decommissioning work related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Hazama Ando Corp. said an internal probe had found that one of ...

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi apologized to a 13-year-old boy for the municipal government's failure to act swiftly when he was bullied in elementary school for being a nuclear evacuee from Fukushima Prefecture. The mayor said Wednesday that she vowed to the boy, now in junior ...

A project to restore a pine tree forest wiped out by the tsunami that destroyed Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, in March 2011 kicked off Saturday with the goal of having about 40,000 saplings planted on the city's coastline by March 2020. The replanting project has a ...

Long-popular doll Licca-chan has been a perennial favorite among tourists, drawing crowds of young fans, helping support the reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture from the 2011 nuclear and earthquake-tsunami calamity. With the visage of an 11-year-old schoolgirl, the dress-up doll first debuted in 1967 and ...

A wildfire near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has finally been extinguished after a 12-day battle waged by firefighters and Self-Defense Force troops in special protective gear left 75 hectares of tainted forest scorched, and local officials scrambling to quash radiation rumors. The wildfire, ...

With diversified ways to listen on the rise, radio is attracting renewed attention in Japan. Fans can listen to radio shows on personal computers and smartphones and share favorite programs online through social networking services. About 12 million people a month listen through the Radiko internet ...

The damages ruling against the city of Higashimatsushima stands after the Sendai High Court rules that city-run Nobiru Elementary shares blame for a girl killed by tsunami in 2011.