Japan’s conservative leader, Takaichi Sanae, won a supermajority of seats in this year’s general election. Takaichi and her allies are using this position of strength to advance a dangerous militarist ...

On November 24, the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial restart of the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant—the world’s largest, with a 7,965-megawatt-electric capacity—the first time ...

On a quiet mountainside in Suwa, a city tucked away in central Japan, engineers are preparing to receive a faint but momentous signal from space. If all goes to plan, sometime in 2025, a satellite no ...

Japan’s government has revised its energy plan to increase reliance on nuclear power, aiming for 20% nuclear energy production by 2040. The decision reverses a previous policy to reduce dependence on ...

An illustration showing the upgraded Mogami-class frigate called New FFM (left) next to the current model of the Mogami-class. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology & ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Dec 17 (Reuters) - One of the world's largest oil, gas and coal importers - Japan - has cut fossil fuel electricity generation to the lowest levels in more than a decade so far in ...

Japanese power company J-Power has announced plans to close two units at a thermal coal power plant by the end of fiscal 2028 as part of its commitment to reduce emissions and achieve carbon ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae at their summit meeting in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan On January 13 ...