Japan mulls pouring 1 million metric tons of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean
Fukushima cleanup continues over six years after the 2011 disaster - and the country hasn't yet decided what to...
Dozens of Japanese cities and towns quietly go off-grid
Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a...
Fukushima is surrendering to nature six years after nuclear meltdown
Nature has come for Fukushima. Six years after a nuclear meltdown resulted in a mass exodus of neighboring residents,...
Fukushima robot finds lava-like deposits thought to be melted nuclear fuel
Six years after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns, there's still a lot of cleanup to be done. Tokyo Electric Power...
Hundreds of radioactive wild boars run amok in Fukushima, Japan
Packs of radioactive wild boars are running loose in northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear...
Fukushima radiation levels at highest since 2011 disaster
As cleanup efforts threaten to span decades, radiation levels inside a Fukushima Daiichi reactor are at their highest...
Hollywood robot designer builds 13-foot mech suit to clean up Fukushima
A famous Hollywood robot designer has been tapped to help clean up Fukushima. Vitaly Bulgarov and Korea Future...
Massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan’s Fukushima region
Early Tuesday morning, a 6.9 earthquake rocked coastal Japan, sending residents of Fukushima into a panic and raising...
Japan builds controversial ice wall to solve groundwater issues at Fukushima
About two years ago, the Japanese government pledged millions of dollars for a huge ice wall designed to halt flowing...
Beautiful cave-like museum with a folded roof honors Japan’s prehistoric hunter-gatherers
Starting from 12,000 BCE to around 300 BC, Japan’s Jōmon period was characterized by hunter-gatherer culture...
“Invisible” art exhibition installed in the exclusion zone is a critique on the Fukushima disaster
Earlier this year, a group of twelve artists opened Don't Follow The Wind, the least accessible art exhibition...
Japan restarts second nuclear reactor since the Fukushima disaster amid public disapproval
Some people in Japan are freaking out this week as the country restarts its second nuclear reactor since the Fukushima...
82 bags of radioactive waste from Fukushima washed away in Japan floods
Severe rains stemming from Typhoon Etau have caused widespread flooding in Japan, and reports of the damage continue...
Japan just restarted its first nuclear reactor since the post-Fukushima shutdown
The catastrophe wrecked by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami...
Japan just installed the world’s largest floating wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima
After the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed the Fukishima nuclear power plant, Japan is diversifying...
Did the Fukushima disaster’s radiation mutate these daisies?
Photos of mutated flowers, tomatoes and other items have been showing up on Twitter, Facebook and a variety of...
Japan is building a 250-mile concrete sea wall to keep tsunamis at bay
It’s an age-old philosophy: if you want to keep something out, just build a big wall. That’s exactly how Japan...
Japan takes steps to restart first nuclear reactor since Fukushima
Nuclear power in Japan is slowly but surely returning to a new normal in the wake of the Fukushima meltdown, as...
Asano turns old Japanese restaurant into snazzy, reflective Slundre hair salon
The designers of the 137-square-foot space took advantage of the sharp angles and used them to divide the hair...
Fukushima radiation arrives on North America’s West Coast after more than two years
Have you been downing iodine like mad to protect your body against all that nuclear radiation emitted from the...
Seriously? Japan Plans to Restart Nuclear Reactors
Despite the devastation wreaked by the Fukushima meltdown in 2011, Japan wants to restart two nuclear reactors...
Shigeru Ban Unveils Donut-Shaped Solar Community Center for Fukushima Kids
The LVMH Kodomo Art Maison is a new community center dedicated to children in Fukushima to support disaster relief...
Pressure from 2011 Earthquake Leaves Mt. Fuji Ready to Blow its Top
Long-revered and much-climbed, Japan’s Mount Fuji looks like it’s ready to blow it’s top after more than...
Three Technologies Square Off for Floating Wind Farm Supremacy
The renewable energy race is heating up with three new floating wind farm technologies squaring off for top spot....
TEPCO Battles to Construct Fukushima Ice Wall to Contain Leaking Radiation
Over three years have passed since the devastating Fukushima disaster, yet TEPCO, the plant’s operator, is still...
Japan to Build Massive 1.5km Ice Wall in Order to Stop Radiation Leaks from Fukushima Nuclear Plant
In March, Inhabitat ran a story about how the Japanese government had pledged $470 million towards the construction...
Residents Allowed to Return Home to Fukushima Disaster Area For the First Time
Three years ago when the Fukushima nuclear disaster forced people to evacuate their homes, many were left wondering...
Former Facebook Employee Spends Two Years Building a Tsunami-Proof Capsule in His Backyard
As Mr. Robinson watched the day-to-day coverage of the catastrophic event, he began to formulate a resilient design...
New Radioactive Leak Found at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the embattled operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
Japan Plans Controlled Nuclear Meltdown in Hope of Averting Another Fukushima Disaster
Photo via Shutterstock Scientists from the government-backed Japan Atomic Energy Agency recently announced that...