U.N. chief likely to visit quake-hit areas in Japan
NEW YORK (Kyodo) - U.N.
G-8 leaders agree on need for better int'l nuclear standards
DEAUVILLE, France, May 27 Kyodo - Leaders from the Group of Eight major powers agreed Friday on the need to better define international standards for nuclear safety and further cooperate in assisti
Kan airs regret over Russian deputy PM's visit to disputed isles
DEAUVILLE, France, May 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan voiced regret Friday over a recent visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov to disputed islands off Hokkaido in a mee
Turkey hopes to reach nuclear plant deal with Japan by year-end
TOKYO, May 28 Kyodo - Turkey hopes to reach an agreement with Japan by the end of this year on the construction of a nuclear power plant at its northern coastal city of Sinop, Turkish Ambassador to
IAEA expert team inspects crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
TOKYO, May 27 Kyodo - A group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency on a fact-finding mission into Japan's worst nuclear accident inspected on Friday the crippled Fukushima Daiichi
FOCUS: Sony faces another challenging year after disaster, data breach
TOKYO, May 27 Kyodo - After three straight years in the red, Sony Corp.
Vietnam's senior Communist Party member to visit Japan from Wed.
TOKYO, May 27 Kyodo - A senior member of the Vietnamese Communist Party, who is widely expected to become the nation's president in July, will make a four-day visit to Japan from Wednesday to discu
'Recriticality' unlikely at Fukushima plant: nuclear reactor expert
TOKYO, May 27 Kyodo - An expert on nuclear reactors on Friday downplayed the possibility that melted nuclear fuel believed to be at the bottom of the pressure vessels for the crippled nuclear react
G-8 summit begins in France with Kan's pledge on nuclear safety
DEAUVILLE, France, May 26 Kyodo -
TEPCO continued seawater injection at reactor without interruption
TOKYO, May 26 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday it had continued injecting seawater into its No.
