Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant
August 19, 2011
Demand for electricity in Tokyo and surrounding areas peaked on Aug. 18, but was still only 90 percent of the supply capacity of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).
August 18, 2011
The government and TEPCO plan to bring in more than 4,000 experts to measure radiation levels and manage workers' exposure to radioactivity to end the crisis at the...
August 18, 2011
IWAKI, Fukushima Prefecture--A survey of more than 1,000 children and babies living near the quake-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has produced an alarming...
August 18, 2011
The Tamanoi sumo stable has set up its annual summer training camp in the tsunami-hit city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture.
August 17, 2011
School children across Japan will soon be given a crash course in what radiation entails.
August 17, 2011
The president of the Seismological Society of Japan says his profession was partly to blame for the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant because of misleading...
August 17, 2011
The Defense Ministry, acting at the behest of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, is set to begin a study into the development of an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, sources said.
August 17, 2011
We can all thank "Sarry" if things work out at the quake-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.
August 16, 2011
The future was looking bright for the president of coffee shop chain Benugo Japan. After taking over the post last October, he managed to pay off the struggling company's debts ...
August 16, 2011
BEIJING--Radioactive substances that leaked from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have spread over far broader areas of the sea than Japan has acknowledged,...
August 13, 2011
UENO, Gunma Prefecture--A nonfiction writer investigating the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines aircraft and the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant said the two...
August 12, 2011
In a promising development toward ending the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the temperature fell to 40.5 degrees in the spent fuel storage pool at the No. 1 reactor, Tokyo Electric...
August 12, 2011
The Tomioka High School's girls' soccer team won the Fukushima prefectural preliminaries of the all-Japan high school championships in June with just nine players.
August 12, 2011
Engineers affiliated with Honda Motor Co. are applying the technology in the Asimo biped robot for a new machine capable of working in areas of high radiation at the crippled...
August 11, 2011
A detailed aerial survey of radioactive contamination within a 160-kilometer radius of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant shows that some districts close to the nuclear plant...
August 11, 2011
Municipal governments in the Tokyo area are taking action to make sure parents know their children's school lunches are safe from radiation.
August 10, 2011
Hit hard by the nuclear crisis, a large-scale operator of "wagyu" cattle farms has filed for bankruptcy protection, a development that could further hurt Japan's beef industry...
August 10, 2011
Supermarket chain Aeon Co. will conduct its own radiation checks on rice, although the central government will require municipal governments to examine rice to be harvested in...
August 10, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. posted a net loss of 571.7 billion yen ($7.39 billion) for the April-June quarter, largely due to about 400 billion yen earmarked to compensate victims ...
August 10, 2011
The government decided to lift its advisory for certain areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a move that was welcomed by municipalities but also caused...