Japanese stage antinuclear protest in New York
NEW YORK (Kyodo) - An antinuclear protest organized by Japanese people took place in New York on Saturday, three months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami triggered a nuclear cris
Thousands rally against nuke plants as crisis runs into 4th month
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Thousands of antinuclear protesters took to the streets across Japan Saturday as the country's worst nuclear crisis ran into its fourth month since the March 11 earthquake and tsuna
TEPCO starts ventilating No. 2 reactor to lower radiation levels
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it began operating ventilation equipment with filters to absorb radioactive materials to reduce radiation levels inside the No.
Japan needs to dispose nuke waste, tainted debris in Japan: Hosono
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) - Goshi Hosono, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, indicated Friday that Japan should find ways to dispose of nuclear waste and radiation-contaminated debris inside
Japan commemorates 3 months since quake-tsunami disaster
SENDAI (Kyodo) - Events to commemorate the passing of three months since the deadly earthquake and tsunami took place Saturday in disaster-hit areas of northeastern Japan, where more than 15,400 pe
Japan's whaling fleet leaves for northwest Pacific Ocean
KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) - Whaling vessels left the ports of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Habu in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Saturday to conduct scientific research in the northwest Pac
Failure to resume nuke reactors will 'largely affect' economy: Kaieda
TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Friday that Japan's overall economy would see a ''large impact'' if utility firms in western Japan cannot resume operations of their nucle
TEPCO ordered to improve working conditions at crisis-hit nuclear plant
TOKYO, June 10 Kyodo - The labor ministry ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Kansai Electric seeks 15% power cut, Osaka gov. rejects it
OSAKA, June 10 Kyodo - Kansai Electric Power Co.
Pot to charge cellphones by boiling water to go on sale
TSUKUBA, Japan, June 10 Kyodo - A pot enabling users to charge their cellphones by boiling water in disaster situations will go on sale later this month.
