Japan’s prime minister has announced his resignation after plunging approval ratings over his handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.
Moody’s Investors Service cut its rating on Japan’s government debt by one notch to Aa3 on Wednesday, blaming revolving-door political leadership.
Joe Biden warned the world not to underestimate Japan and the US, saying the two countries are still Pacific powers and will overcome their problems.
The US sent its first representative to the annual memorial for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed almost 80 000 people.
Japan on Saturday marks three months since its quake-tsunami resulted in a nuclear crisis while frustration grows over the government’s slow response.
Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan, struggling with the nation’s tsunami and nuclear disasters, on Thursday faced a no-confidence motion.
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.
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.
The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said on Monday.
Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces fresh pressure to quit after his ruling party’s losses in local elections on Sunday.
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.
Japan’s prime minister made his first visit to the country’s tsunami-devastated region on Saturday and entered a nuclear exclusion 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.
New prime minister, Naoto Kan, concedes plans to raise sales tax a factor in coalition parties losing control of upper chamber.