This is a photograph of the approximately 0.7 grams of fuel debris first removed in November from the Fukushima ...

More than 3,000 cabbages have been stolen from three farms in Ibaraki Prefecture during the past week just before they were ready to be harvested. Police said 1,200 cabbages, valued at 600,000 yen, ...

5 reactor, the difficulty of the debris retrieval project became evident. The retrieved piece of debris will be analyzed at four research facilities, including the Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Oarai ...

Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, are questioning a 68-year-old man over the killing of a 74-year-old acquaintance at his home in Hitachinaka City, on Tuesday. According to police, Eiichi Mikame was ...

The Joyo sodium-cooled fast reactor, in Oarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture, which began operation in 1977, is Japan’s only fast reactor. Joyo was shut down in 2007 after a test subassembly became jammed ...

The JAEA is hoping to reactivate the Joyo around the middle of fiscal 2026 and is forging ahead with the formalities to obtain prior agreement from authorities in Ibaraki Prefecture and the town ...

OARAI, Ibaraki Prefecture--Beaches are ideal places to read books while soaking up some sun, and autumn is a great time to cozy up with a warm drink and a good read--so why not combine the two?