The country's agreement to scrap atomic energy, made under popular pressure after last year's Fukushima disaster, will lead to some interesting shifts within the global energy sector … if the government sticks to it, of course. Read Article Nuclear energy: a shift in Japan's balance of power
Authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion that they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to. Read Article Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant
Last year's nuclear accident at Fukushima was a man-made catastrophe and not only due to the tsunami that hit the plant, a Japanese parliamentary panel said today in its final report on the disaster. Read Article Fukushima was 'man-made' disaster
Star Trek's technological feats are ahead of the times - dreamt up almost half a century ago, much of its technology is today a reality. Can’t you beam me up, Scotty?
By the end of this century, more than half of the world's 7,000 languages could have vanished, according to National Geographic's Disappearing Languages project. Could Arabic be one of them? Alarm bells over future of Arabic
Istanbul's famous mosque tries to strike balance between religion and tourism money by providing tourists with coverings. Thomas Seibert reports Turkey tightens Blue Mosque dress code
