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The Nuclear Regulation Authority on May 29 approved extending the operating lives of two reactors in Fukui Prefecture to 60 years, the seventh and eighth such requests accepted by the nuclear industry watchdog.

Uniindia: Tokyo, May 29 (UNI) The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority has granted a 20-year lifespan extension for two reactors at Japans Takahama nuclear power plant (NPP), located in Fukui Prefecture, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Wednesday.

Plaintiffs claimed that the design basis earthquake ground motions for the plants are unreasonably low, given past past earthquakes observed in Japan.

A Japanese district court rejected petitions from residents, allowing five ageing nuclear reactors to continue operations, as Japan shifts back to nuclear power to address energy security concerns amidst rising fossil fuel prices.

SSE Pacifico, the Japanese unit of UK energy group SSE, aims to develop 6 gigawatts of offshore wind farms in the country, the companys head said, as SSE looks to Japan as a focus overseas...

SSE Pacifico plans to build 6GW of offshore wind capacity in Japan as the country looks to boost output of the renewable energy source.

Okinawas Mihama American Village is a vibrant entertainment complex which fuses American and Japanese culture, and its filled with retail stores, restaurants, a movie theater, and more.

Discover the best order to watch all 38 Godzilla movies in the franchise, immersing yourself in the epic battles and legendary adventures of the iconic Kaiju.

This was rather a refreshing – and surprising – note to the truly awful earthquake and subsequent tsunami the Japanese mainland suffered this week. Advertise...

A major tsunami warning issued on Monday following a series of earthquakes in Ishikawa has been the first since 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Besides that, over 7 magnitude underground tremors have hit Japan for the first time since 2018.