Despite its cutting-edge image, Japan has a soft spot for the decidedly 20th-century machines.

The Japanese people's lack of support for the Summer Olympics can be summed up with one question, says Kiyoteru Tsutsui. "Why are we doing this now?"

The Japanese people's lack of support for the Summer Olympics can be summed up with one question, says Kiyoteru Tsutsui. "Why are we doing this now?"

Olympic surfers are coming from around the world to compete in surfing's Olympic debut. But where will the waves come from?

Why do nuclear plants produce radioactive water – and what happens when that water gets into the ocean?

The rush to evacuate communities and abandon nuclear energy was understandable, but an error.

On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, two experts explain why human choices are more important to nuclear safety than technology, and why the job is far from finished.

If the building blocks of life were present at the time that Earth was born, this could mean life is common in the universe.

Almost ten years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, researchers report that the particles from power plants contained plutonium.