MINAMISANRIKU, Japan, April 3 Kyodo - Around 500 evacuees left the tsunami-ravaged town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday as the Self-Defense Forces and other rescue workers continued

TOKYO, April 3 Kyodo -The ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has forced other Japanese utility firms to put off re

TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - Water with high levels of radiation has been confirmed to have seeped into the sea from the No.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited an operation base Saturday in Fukushima Prefecture to encourage Self-Defense Forces members, firefighters and other workers in th

TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - Foreign survivors of last month's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan and their supporters are seeking information in multiple languages in order to avoid uncertaint

TOKYO, April 2 Kyodo - Japan and Germany agreed Saturday that they will work toward enhancing nuclear safety standards in the wake of a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station caused b

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Business confidence among major Japanese firms improved slightly in March from three months earlier, the Bank of Japan said Friday, while signaling a possible deterioration in senti

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Japanese and German foreign ministers on Saturday will discuss bilateral cooperation in tackling the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by the March 11 quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Democratic Party of Japan is considering introducing special taxes as well as issuing ''disaster bonds'' to be underwritten by the Bank of Japan as the ruling party struggles to

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