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While Japan has ambitions for nuclear energy to power about 20 percent of its electricity needs by 2030, it does not have truck-sized reactors keeping the lights on in its northern island of Hokkaido.

Driven by growing expectations on a Bank of Japan (BOJ) rate hike and rising worries about fiscal profligacy under fresh Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, the 10-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yield ...

A rare SWOT pass mapped a Pacific tsunami in detail, exposing hidden wave complexity and showing why forecasting models need a major update.

Nov. 29, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the largest Hawaiʻi earthquake–a magnitude-7.7 with over 30 seconds of shaking ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch now holds tens of thousands of tons of plastic pieces, along with dozens of species that call it "home." ...

A satellite deployed to measure ocean surface heights was up to the challenge when a massive earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami in late July.

Two strong earthquakes struck Japan Tuesday at magnitudes of 5.4 and 4.7, according to data from the United States Geological ...

Jim Wilson, retired longtime publisher of the Hawaii Tribune-Herald, died Friday morning at home in Hilo. He was 92. Wilson ...

Japanese local authorities approved the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant on Friday for the first time since the ...

A Japanese regional governor on Friday gave the green light for a partial restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power ...