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China's first space docking this week highlights the central government's success with its much-vaunted space program as the Communist Party struggles with other technology-intensive projects, part

The White House has put itself squarely in the middle of a fight over a planned pipeline that promises much-needed jobs in a weak economy but upsets President Barack Obama's environmental base.

Nuclear fission by-products have been detected at one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the government said Wednesday, raising the possibility that some parts of the mel

A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 workers, Chinese authorities said Sunday.

The Japanese government is expected to approve financial assistance to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Nearly eight months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Japan is resuming steps it hopes will lead to exports of commercial nuclear technology to India and Vietnam, even as Japan itself i

Nearly eight months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident scattered radioactive material over surrounding communities, Japan still is struggling to figure out how to clean up the mess, exace

The planet’s seven billionth human is due to arrive on Oct.

If heavy rain had fallen in Tokyo on March 14 or March 15, the capital could have experienced the same severe spikes in radiation that areas northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffere