Japan opens 'sky paths' for drones to inspect power lines

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is moving to open government-approved "sky paths" for drones above the power lines that span the ...
POWER Magazine

Shimane 2 Highlights Progress in Japan’s Nuclear Restart Program

The Unit 2 reactor at the Shimane nuclear power station resumed operation in January 2025, more than a decade after it, and all other reactors in Japan, were taken offline. Japanese officials want ...
Crude Oil Prices

Restart of Huge Nuclear Power Plant Faces Backlash in Japan

Local residents and anti-nuclear activists in Japan oppose the restart of one of the world’s biggest nuclear power plants. TEPCO has planned for years to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant in ...
Reuters

Japan's fossil fuel power output sinks again on nuclear rebound

LITTLETON, Colorado, Dec 17 (Reuters) - One of the world's largest oil, gas and coal importers - Japan - has cut fossil fuel electricity generation to the lowest levels in more than a decade so far in ...
NPR

Japan preparing to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant

A local government in Japan voted Monday to restart the world's largest nuclear power plant, which has been closed since 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. A local assembly in Japan voted to restart the ...