15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant

A return to nuclear power is at the heart of Japan’s energy policy but, in the wake of the 2011 disaster, residents’ fears about tsunamis, earthquakes and evacuation plans remain ...
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Strikes on Iran Could Trigger a Nuclear Disaster. Japan Knows the Risks All Too Well.

At the Peace Tower by the banks of the Ota-Gawa river in Hiroshima, Japanese citizens commemorate the third anniversary of the atom bomb being dropped on their city. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ ...
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Former Defense Minister Nakatani Says Japan’s Next Submarine ‘Will Eventually Need Nuclear Propulsion’

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings.