investigation
March 28, 2013
Japanese government regulators said on March 27 that for the first time they will conduct their own investigation into the country's nuclear crisis to address key unanswered...
March 23, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--North Korea has condemned a U.N. resolution approving a formal investigation into its suspected human rights violations.
March 22, 2013
GENEVA--The United Nations launched an investigation on March 21 into what it said were widespread and systematic human rights violations in North Korea, some of which "may...
March 13, 2013
An independent panel says the operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant misinformed investigators and blocked inspection of key equipment last year, but that there was ...
February 08, 2013
An unbelievable act of folly has come to light.
November 24, 2012
MUMBAI-- The Indian joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has suspended its chief financial officer and other employees as it investigates alleged violations of U.S....
November 17, 2012
U.S. gaming regulators are investigating millions of dollars paid by affiliates of Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada's Universal Entertainment Corp to a former consultant for...
August 23, 2012
BANGKOK--An international human rights group called on Thailand's army chief on Aug. 23 to stop obstructing investigations into a crackdown on anti-government protesters in...
July 25, 2012
Tax authorities in Japan and the United States will join forces to more effectively crack down on international tax evasion.
July 24, 2012
The committee appointed by the government to investigate last year’s accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant released its final report on July 23.
July 23, 2012
The government panel looking into last year's accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant pointed to a lack of a "safety culture" at both Tokyo Electric Power Co. and...
July 07, 2012
The Diet panel set up to look into the Fukushima nuclear crisis has concluded that the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was a "man-made disaster."
July 05, 2012
Lambasting both Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the prime minister’s office, the Diet’s task force investigating the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant recommended...
June 19, 2012
DETROIT--The government has expanded an investigation into fires that can start in the doors of several Toyota models, adding 600,000 Camrys and other vehicles to the probe.
June 12, 2012
A Diet panel looking into last year’s nuclear disaster has summoned and questioned most of the key people as unsworn witnesses. The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent...
March 20, 2012
A Ukrainian official, citing the Chernobyl disaster as an example, said Japan must continue monitoring radiation levels around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant because...
December 26, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. and a nuclear regulator failed to handle the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant because they did not plan for a disaster like the one that...
October 17, 2011
The former chairman of paper manufacturer Daio Paper Corp. is under a criminal investigation for taking out 8.4 billion yen ($109 million) in personal loans from Daio Paper...
October 01, 2011
A law to establish a parliamentary panel to investigate the disastrous accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was enacted on Sept. 30.
September 28, 2011
SHANGHAI -- Chinese authorities came under fire on Sept. 28 after the worst subway train accident in 42 years raised fresh concerns that the world's second biggest economy was...