Thick smog enveloped a major Chinese city for a third day Tuesday, with schools and a regional airport shut and poor visibility forcing ground transport to a halt in places.

Strong winds and heavy rain lashed the Kanto region early Wednesday morning as a typhoon, described as the “strongest in 10 years,” continued on a path that will take it toward the precarious Fukus

Japan plans to start up 14 new gas and coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014, allowing a switch away from pricey oil, as Tokyo struggles with a shutdown of nuclear reactors and energy imports

Groundwater radiation levels at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have soared near a tank that leaked 300 tons of toxic water in August, struggling operator Tokyo Electric Power Co said Satu

A typhoon, described as the “strongest in 10 years,” was closing in on Japan Tuesday, on a path that will take it the precarious Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency met Japanese officials Monday as part of a mission to assess clean-up efforts at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20% the radiation doses workers got in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday, ci

Radiation levels in seawater just outside one of the damaged Fukushima reactors spiked this week to the highest level in two years, the operator of the crippled Japanese nuclear plant said on Thurs

A U.N. conference adopted a treaty on mercury control Thursday near the site of Japan’s worst industrial poisoning, as Tokyo pledged $2 billion to help poorer nations combat pollution.

A powerful typhoon lashed Japan with torrential rain Monday, leaving three dead as it damaged homes and flooded parts of the country’s popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,000 people wer