On average, each resident in Japan bore about ¥100,000, based on the country’s population of about 122.86 million as of April ...

On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan causes massive devastation, and the ensuing tsunami decimates the Tōhoku region of northeastern Honshu. On top of the already-horrific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan marked 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, which killed nearly 20,000 people and ...

Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...

Over 12 trillion yen had been paid by consumers and taxpayers in Japan by the end of March this year to cover compensation, decontamination, decommissioning and other costs related to the March 2011 t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 11, 2026, marks 15 years since the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Cleanup and recovery efforts have ...

An anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo in April 2012. Japan is likely to begin restarting its shutter atomic plants.Getty Images The World Health Organization’s (WHO) report (PDF) on the estimated health ...

TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday restarted its first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, with the utility's safety measures set to be closely watched as ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ former chairperson, who led the emergency response after a meltdown at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and was accused of being responsible for ...

Fukushima peaches are back on the shelves in Taiwan after a 16-year absence. Japan’s 2011 nuclear plant accident wiped out ...