Recovery
April 15, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said a failure of communication may have been partly responsible for the exposure of workers to dangerous levels of radiation near the quake-damaged...
April 15, 2011
Despite the current castigation of nuclear power plants, Norio Sasaki, president of Toshiba Corp., one of the world's leading nuclear reactor manufacturers, expressed...
April 15, 2011
Mickey Mouse is back and so is Goofy too. But who are those guys in suits lined up along the route to the Magic Castle? Executives and chefs, clerical workers and technicians,...
April 14, 2011
A contemporary artist is stitching together volunteer-produced messages of love to brighten dreary evacuation shelters in areas hit by the March 11 earthquake.
April 14, 2011
SEOUL--South Korea has released a report on its disaster relief activities in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
April 13, 2011
Strong aftershocks have added another layer of problems for workers trying to stabilize the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and forced a shift in the plant...
April 13, 2011
Before he turned over his bathhouse in Tokyo's Ota Ward to a group of musicians on Tuesday night for a charity performance, proprietor Kazuyuki Kondo gave a brief and somber...
April 13, 2011
Government authorities offered reassuring words after raising the severity rating of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant crisis to the maximum level. But the continued leak ...
April 13, 2011
The March 11 disaster drove down sales at department stores at a record pace during a time when the retailers were finally convinced they were on a firm road to recovery.
April 13, 2011
Renowned Japanese architects have gone back to their drawing boards to help quake survivors enjoy some comfort and privacy in evacuation centers and find a sense of community...
April 12, 2011
Aftershocks and the constant threat of additional quakes in northeastern Japan are seriously hampering the efforts of factories to resume operations and revive the nation's...
April 12, 2011
The government set up a panel Monday to develop a big-picture national reconstruction plan following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
April 12, 2011
The Bank of Japan painted a gloomier picture of local economies in much of the nation in a report released Monday, citing widespread and significant economic damage caused by...
April 12, 2011
Remote-controlled diggers, bulldozers and dump trucks have begun removing radioactive rubble from near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
April 11, 2011
SHIRAKAWA, Fukushima Prefecture--When she felt the earth shake, Gemma Juanay was chatting in her not-so-perfect Japanese with residents at the Komineen home for the elderly.
April 11, 2011
A Tokyo Fire Department chief leading a crew to spray water on reactors of the hobbled nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture called the operation “a race against time...
April 09, 2011
Replete after drinking her mother's milk, 2-month-old Meika slept soundly on a futon at an evacuation center in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, as her mother gazed at her in...
April 09, 2011
The massive aftershock Thursday compromised power supply systems and emergency generators at nuclear power facilities in northeastern Japan, sparking concern that plant...
April 09, 2011
Toyota Motor Corp. will stop production at almost all of its North American factories for four to five days this month because of disruption to parts supplies from Japan due to ...
April 09, 2011
KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Bourgogne-style stew and pudding were on the menu for some lucky evacuees at makeshift shelters in this city these past few days, as a team of...