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/ 19 September 2011
Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Tokyo, calling for an end to nuclear energy in Japan after the March 11 disaster.
Anti-nuclear protesters have taken to the streets of Tokyo and other cities to mark six months since the March earthquake and tsunami.
Japan’s economy, trade and industry minister has resigned over his comments about radiation contamination in crisis-hit Fukushima.
Japan’s prime minister has announced his resignation after plunging approval ratings over his handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.
Planned steps to boost global nuclear safety after Japan’s Fukushima disaster will not lead to any major increase in costs for reactor operators.
Leaders of the world’s richest nations have gathered for a summit to be dominated by the Arab Spring, the economy, and Japan nuclear disaster.
Japan will undergo a renewable energy revolution, with 10-million homes powered by solar energy in the years ahead, the country’s prime minister says.
When other doctors fled, 72-year-old Kyohei Takahashi stayed, and hundreds of patients in the town near a crippled nuclear plant will never forget.
A worker died at the Fukushima Daiichi plant on Saturday as emergency crews continued their operations to prevent a major meltdown.
Japan shut down the final reactor near a tectonic faultline on Saturday as Naoto Kan pledged a new law to compensate Fukushima nuclear crisis victims.
Japan’s prime minister outlines the challenges and the contribution it hopes to make to those who came to its aid.
Japan’s domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses logged their biggest-ever drop in April, an industry group said on Monday.
The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said on Monday.
Radiation from Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant will not increase much before it is finally brought under control, the UN nuclear watchdog says.
Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan was called on to quit over his handling of the country’s natural calamities and a nuclear crisis on Thursday.
Operator of Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear power complex said on Wednesday surging radiation and elevated temperatures were worrisome signs.
Workers forced to leave their homes and jobs because of radiation fears are demanding compensation from Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear plant.
Japan is weighing raising the severity level of its nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant to a level seven – the level of Chernobyl.
A powerful earthquake on Thursday hit the same area of Japan ravaged by disaster a month ago, prompting a tsunami alert that was later cancelled.
Japan began dumping 11 500 tons of low-level radioactive water at sea on Monday to make space at its Fukushima nuclear plant for more hazardous water.
Officials and Tokyo Electric Power have described the combination of a powerful quake and tsunami as <i>soteigai</i>, or beyond expectations.
Hundreds of mainly elderly Ukrainians live within a restricted region around the Chernobyl plant, dispelling the area’s reputation as a dead zone.
The operator of a Japanese nuclear plant on Friday reported possible damage to a reactor vessel, casting doubts over control of a radiation leak.
Tokyo warned on Wednesday that radioactive iodine over twice the safe level for infants had been detected in its tap water.