Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about 1%, but there's hope it will serve as a wake-up call.

The treated water retains a reduced level of a radioactive form of hydrogen. TOKYO -- Japan plans to begin a decades-long process of releasing treated wastewater from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The decision, the ...

The Japanese government is set to begin releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, slowly unloading the liquid before the tanks reach capacity in 2024. After years of planning the water's disposal and testing its radioactive ...

TOKYO - Japan will start discharging treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as soon as Thursday, despite fierce opposition from neighboring countries and Japan’s fishing industry. Japanese Prime ...

Tokyo — The fishing industry around Japan's Fukushima coast expressed disappointment and resignation over the weekend as long-expected plans to start releasing treated wastewater into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant ...

Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued ...

Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity. (Philip Fong | AFP via Getty Images) Workers in Japan have started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into ...

Anthony Wallace / AFP via Getty Images For 30 years, Choi Jeong-hee has been selling olive flounder, rockfish and live octopus at the bustling Gwangjang traditional market in the heart of Seoul. But come July, he fears he may have to switch to another ...

TOKYO — Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left large parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported no abnormalities at Fukushima's nuclear plant following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in northeastern Japan. The quake triggered tsunami warnings and led to evacuation orders for around 90,