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.
Sony faces a battle to regain the trust of millions of consumers after online networks integral to its strategy were hacked, say analysts.
Sony says it aims to fully restore its PlayStation Network, shut down after a massive security breach, by the end of May.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closed above 10 000 points on Monday amid optimism Wall Street shares would rise following the death of Osama bin Laden.
The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said on Monday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticised Japan on Saturday for its "slow" reaction to its nuclear disaster.
Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic will slash 40 000 jobs over the next two years in a bid to pare costs and keep up with competition.
The reconstruction of Japanese towns and cities devastated by a deadly earthquake and tsunami last month could take a decade, an advisory panel says.
Nintendo is due to reveal a successor to the wireless console this summer before a full launch next year in bid to reverse sliding profits.
Soldiers prodded ground with poles on Monday as 25 000 troops mounted Japan’s largest search yet for the bodies of nearly 12 000 people.
Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces fresh pressure to quit after his ruling party’s losses in local elections on Sunday.
A small town has become a model for recovery after the Japanese tsunami"About 70% of our customers died or were made homeless in the tsunami.
A group of Japanese internet service providers started blocking access to child porn websites on Thursday.
Japan on Thursday said it would ban people entering the 20km evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo.
The wind that blows across the debris-strewn land surrounding Atsuko Sakurai’s house is unusually strong for this time of year.
Radiation from Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant will not increase much before it is finally brought under control, the UN nuclear watchdog says.
The stories of seven Japanese people who survived the 11 March tragedy and are trying to rebuild their lives
Toyota says it has resumed production at all of its plants in Japan for the first time since last month’s massive earthquake and tsunami.
Tepco said on Sunday the first step would be cooling the reactors and spent fuel to a stable level within three months.
The operator of Japan’s nuclear power plant on Friday promised an initial $12 000 in compensation to each family living close to the facility.
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 said on Tuesday that the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant is gradually stabilising and the amount of radiation being released is falling.
Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the highest level on Tuesday, putting it on a par with the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
Japan is weighing raising the severity level of its nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant to a level seven – the level of Chernobyl.
Engineers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant north of Tokyo said on Sunday they were no closer to restoring the plant’s cooling system.
Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tepco expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the ocean on Monday, days later than planned.
Japan will pump radioactive water into the sea from a crippled nuclear plant until Sunday, a day later than previously planned.
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.
Japanese authorities evacuated the ravaged northeast of the country on Thursday after a new 7.4-magnitude quake sparked warnings of another tsunami.