Recovery
April 06, 2011
Four days after fish caught were found to be contaminated with high levels of radioactive iodine, the government on Tuesday set the legal standard for iodine levels in seafood...
April 05, 2011
Cheerleaders for a professional basketball team are doing their part in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake by organizing exercise sessions at evacuation centers.
April 04, 2011
The government on April 3 acknowledged for the first time that it would take several months before radioactive materials stopped leaking from the crippled Fukushima No. 1...
April 04, 2011
The problems continue to pile up at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, creating an unprecedented hazardous environment for the under-equipped front-line workers trying to bring ...
April 04, 2011
Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son, 53, said Sunday that he will donate 10 billion yen ($118.8 million) of his own money to earthquake relief efforts.
April 04, 2011
The Great East Japan Earthquake may have spared Tokyo, but the same can't be said for its next-door neighbor.
April 04, 2011
The true scale of the destruction to Japan's economy wrought by the March 11 earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear crisis is starting to become apparent, with some communities...
April 02, 2011
A joint search by Japan and the United States found 28 bodies on Friday, April 1, the first day of a three-day effort three weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake struck...
April 02, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's blueprint for rebuilding the areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake will focus on safe housing, the fisheries industry and ecological...
April 01, 2011
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan will propose raising taxes and even having the central bank underwrite government bonds to cover the costs of rebuilding from the Great...
April 01, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to accept assistance from the United States and France after failing to make significant inroads in resolving the crisis at the Fukushima...
April 01, 2011
Leading businesses are delaying job fairs for college students for next year's positions and entrance ceremonies for new employees out of respect for victims of the Great East...
April 01, 2011
Financial regulators have called on lenders to grant a loan moratorium for businesses suffering from the March 11 earthquake, the crisis at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima ...
April 01, 2011
Groundwater near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was confirmed contaminated with radiation for the first time.
April 01, 2011
U.S. President Barack Obama sent a letter to Emperor Akihito, extending his sympathy to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11 and expressing admiration for the ...
April 01, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday, March 31, the government will review its basic energy policy that includes increasing the number of nuclear reactors by 14 from the...
March 31, 2011
Workers at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have started removing radioactive water that leaked into the basement of the turbine buildings of the No. 1...
March 31, 2011
As Tokyo Electric Power Co. struggles to end the crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the financial damage continues to pile up for the utility.
March 31, 2011
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday visited evacuees from the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake at a temporary shelter at Tokyo Budoh-kan in Adachi Ward.