Japan local authorities approves restart of world's biggest nuclear plantJapanese local authorities approved Friday the restart of the world's biggest nuclear plant, a key step in the process to get it back onlin...
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated after Russia's massive earthquake; Shinkansen bullet train lines not affected by tsunami warningFollowing a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant as a precaution, halting ope...
Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima dischargeWhile Japan insists the release of the treated water is safe -- a view backed by the UN's nuclear watchdog -- China has staunchly opposed i...
Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish: Kyodo news serviceJapan's fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable level...
Fukushima operator says released water samples within safe limitsOperator TEPCO stated that seawater samples taken after the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear reactor showed radioactivity l...
Japan's Kishida visits Fukushima plant to highlight safety before start of treated water releaseJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday to highlight the safety o...
Nikkei closes over 11-mth high on upbeat China dataRisk appetite got a boost after China reported upbeat trade figures with exports and imports both beating forecasts.
The inaugural naked awards go to…2013 has been a banner year for skinny-dipping among Asian leaders, central banks and business people.
- New 5.9 quake jolts Japan; Zeolite dropped in Pacific
Japanese engineers began dumping zeolite mineral to check sea water contamination, even as desperate efforts were launched to combat surge ...
- TEPCO to compensate people affected by N-crisis in Fukushima
Japanese government today ordered the embattled operator of radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear plant to urgently pay USD 12,000 in provisi...
- Workers engaged in sealing radiation leaking crack at N-plant
Japanese workers struggled to block a crack leaking high radiation into the sea from a stricken reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant, as ...
- Radiation levels surge in seawater near Japan's N-plant
Amid efforts to stabilise Japan's Fukushima plant, radiation levels have surged in seawater near the nuclear reactors north-east of the cap...
- Japan detects abnormal radiation levels in food
Japan has detected abnormal levels of radiation in milk and spinach near a stricken nuclear plant, but the foods pose no immediate threat t...
- Japan raises accident severity level at plant
Braving the risk of radiation exposure, emergency workers at the quake-stricken Fukushima plant battled to cool the overheating reactors.
- Japan steps up efforts to cool reactors at quake-hit N-plant
The choppers dumped four loads before leaving the site. Yesterday, they were forced to abort a similar operation due to concerns over high ...
- Hydrogen blast at Japan's Fukushima N-plant
Radiation risks mounted in Japan after a second hydrogen explosion rocked the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today leaving 11 workers in...
- Japan quake toll may cross 2,000, nuclear-reactor meltdown feared
Technicians struggled Sunday to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant damaged by an earthquake in Japan as officials said the toll mi...