- 07 Apr 2013 10:18 - Reuters
- Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukishima Daiichi power plant.
- 15 Mar 2013 00:00 - Ferrial Adam
- The 160 000 people who lived within 20km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan are still in a state of limbo.
- 28 Feb 2013 14:06 - Reuters
- People in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi accident have a higher risk of developing cancer, says the World Health Organisation.
- 20 Apr 2012 16:03 - Staff Reporter
- Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
- 11 Mar 2012 14:35 -
- Japan has marked one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power.
- 31 Jan 2012 11:31 - Shingo Ito
- The UN's nuclear watchdog gave its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters.
- 11 Jan 2012 08:00 - Staff Reporter
- The symbolic Doomsday Clock is creeping closer to the apocalypse as scientists maintaining the device moved it one minute closer to the zero hour.
- 26 Dec 2011 18:05 - Yuri Kageyama
- Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including erroneous assumptions.
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- 18 Dec 2011 09:49 - David Crary
- An Associated Press poll shows the killing of Osama bin Laden was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan's earthquake/tsunami disaster.
- 06 Dec 2011 07:25 - Staff Reporter
- Large quantities of radioactive water from Fukushima might have found its way into the Pacific Ocean and experts believe it could contain strontium.
- 05 Dec 2011 06:13 - Faranaaz Parker
- The drama in 2011 seemed to unfold on an almost daily basis, with scandals, disasters and political unrest rolling in one after the other.
- 15 Nov 2011 09:41 - Miwa Suzuki
- Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists say, following the Fukushima disaster.
- 02 Nov 2011 06:27 - Staff Reporter
- A Japanese MP has been bullied into drinking water collected from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to back up claims of decontamination progress.
- 14 Oct 2011 00:00 - Rianne Teule
- Government and the unions are being lobbied by an industry increasingly desperate to sell reactors, says Rianne Teule.
- 13 Oct 2011 08:52 - Staff Reporter
- A radiation hotspot has been detected in Tokyo, after researchers carry out stringent tests to map how far contamination has spread from Fukushima.
- 19 Sep 2011 13:16 - Staff Reporter
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Tokyo, calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster.
- 11 Sep 2011 15:20 - Staff Reporter
- Anti-nuclear protesters have taken to the streets of Tokyo and other cities to mark six months since the March earthquake and tsunami.
- 10 Sep 2011 14:27 - Harumi Ozawa
- Japan's economy, trade and industry minister has resigned over his comments about radiation contamination in crisis-hit Fukushima.
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- 26 Aug 2011 08:02 - Tomoko A Hosaka
- Japan's prime minister has announced his resignation after plunging approval ratings over his handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.
- 21 Aug 2011 15:31 - Fredrik Dahl
- Planned steps to boost global nuclear safety after Japan's Fukushima disaster will not lead to any major increase in costs for reactor operators.
