TOKYO (Kyodo) - Six more workers involved in efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are feared to have been exposed to radiation above the prescribed limit, Toky

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The likelihood of Prime Minister Naoto Kan succumbing to strong pressure for his resignation as early as this month increased Monday, following calls from within his own government

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, T

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday called for ''fundamental reform'' of Japan's electric power industry amid the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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

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

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.

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

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

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