Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co and its partners are considering using smaller turbines and delaying the start of ...

Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. will delay the restart of its nuclear power unit in Niigata, local broadcaster NHK ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. postponed the scheduled Jan. 20 resumption of operations at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...

Dec. 22 (UPI) --Japan has approved Tokyo Electric Power Co. to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear site as the world's largest nuclear power plant. On Monday, the Niigata assembly backed Governor ...

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi met on Wednesday with the mayors of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, which host Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings’ Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant, as he plans to decide as ...

Bolstering high-end substrate production capabilities to meet semiconductor needs for AI and data centers December 17, 2025-- TOPPAN Inc. (TOPPAN), a TOPPAN Group company and wholly owned subsidiary ...

An ultra-modern online crowdfunding campaign has come to the rescue of one of the most traditional and uniquely Japanese businesses in the north coast city of Niigata – its geisha community. Japan’s ...

Niigata is home to the most sake brewers of all Japan’s prefectures, but as consumption trends change, many traditionally sound businesses are turning to a beverage originally from halfway around the ...

The Koshino Shukura train aims to transport passengers — less to a destination than to a state of giddy intoxication. It’s one of Japan’s 44 “Joyful Trains” — on-rail experiences themed around a ...

A fire broke out on Monday at a residential house in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, leaving two people dead, local authorities said. According to police, emergency services received a report ...

Niigata Prefecture is known for its heavy snow, its ornamental carp, and the island of Sado, which was once a place of exile and is now a habitat for the crested ibis. Niigata Prefecture lies on Japan ...

NIIGATA -- Public prosecutors here indicted a man on June 25 on charges of murdering a 7-year-old local schoolgirl, indecent assault causing death and other charges, it has been learned. According to ...