Niigata assembly votes to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant Watershed moment in Japan's pivot back to nuclear energy Japan idled all reactors after 2011 Fukushima disaster Many residents ...

Japan has voted in favour of partially restarting the world's largest nuclear plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, in Niigata prefecture. It will be the first plant operated by Fukushima Daiichi's operator ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

Albirex Niigata, celebrating 22 years in Singapore and strengthening local ties, will rebrand as Albirex Jurong with a new emblem from 2026. The club aim to integrate into Jurong's social fabric, ...

The governor of Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea coast says he intends to approve the restart of a nuclear reactor run by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. This would be the first resumption of a ...

The governor of Japan's Niigata Prefecture has given his approval for the restart of units 6 and 7 at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Pending backing of his ...

The governor of central Japan's Niigata Prefecture will approve the restart of a nuclear reactor in the prefecture. If restarted, it would be the first Tokyo Electric Power Company's nuclear power ...

This photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the No. 7, No. 6, and No. 5 reactors (from front) at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., ...

The governor of Niigata Prefecture will visit the site of the Fukushima disaster on Tuesday, a key trip before he decides on whether to approve the restart of a separate nuclear plant in his own ...

SINGAPORE – With four goals in the opening three games, Albirex Niigata striker Shingo Nakano has picked up from where he left off in the Singapore Premier League, topping the scoring chart of the ...

A combine harvester gathers rice cultivated in dry fields in Niigata's Kita Ward, Oct. 2, 2025. (Mainichi/Shuichi Kanzaki) NIIGATA -- Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation ...

Located north of Tokyo along the Sea of Japan, Niigata Prefecture is famous for skiing and sake (rice wine). My first visit to Niigata, however, included neither. Traveling in early September, my ...