The quake hit at a depth of 30 kilometers( 18.6 miles), the agency said. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a news conference that there have been no reports of abnormalities at nuclear power plants after the quake and that the government is assessing for casualties and damage.... Japan Rail suspended bullet train services as a precaution, state broadcaster NHK reported.... No casualties or major damage were immediately reported after the quake. The JMA issued its first public w

A decade after one of the most devastating atomic-energy disasters in history, Japan was finally getting closer to reviving nuclear power. Around 2022, a majority of the public began to express support for restarting the nation’s nuclear plants, most of which have remained offline since an earthquake and tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture in 2011.... Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, or L.D.P., pushed forward with plans to not only restart idled plants, but also

Skyscrapers are seen in downtown Tokyo in this file photo taken in May 2021.... Long-period ground motion is divided into four levels of intensity, and on Oct.... The JMA explains that with level 2 intensity, an individual would feel like they need to hold onto something to walk....

A SHOCKED scuba diver has found an ancient sword that experts say dates back to the Crusades. The artifact, which is believed to have been dropped on the journey to the Holy Land some 900 years ago, was discovered by Shlomi Katzin near the port city of Haifa, Israel at the weekend.... Do you have a story for The Sun news desk?... Click here to upload yoursClick here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks....

The fate of nuclear power in the country is again uncertain.In January, the deadliest earthquake in over a decade struck the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s north-west coast.... And if so, how can government leaders sell this to a populace still haunted by the memories of nuclear disaster?... But nowhere was the horror felt as personally as in Japan. Before 2011, nuclear energy made up about 30 per cent of Japan’s power generation....