TOKYO, March 29 Kyodo - Japan has received more than 1 billion yen in donations for reconstruction from foreign governments, private-sector groups and individuals as well as 1,300 tons in relief su

SENDAI, March 29 Kyodo - Some secondary school students polled by Kyodo News in the quake-devastated prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima have expressed their hopes of moving on despite the s

TOKYO, March 29 Kyodo - Plutonium has been detected in soil at five locations at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co.

TOKYO, March 28 Kyodo - A special panel investigating a match-fixing scandal that has floored Japan's ancient sport has recognized that former komusubi Shimotori, Mongolian-born makuuchi-division w

TOKYO, March 28 Kyodo - The government on Monday urged residents of the 20-kilometer exclusion zone around the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant not to return for the time being.

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - Japan on Sunday faced an increasing challenge of removing highly radioactive water found inside buildings near some troubled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant,

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - The health ministry has instructed the operator of water purification plants nationwide to temporarily stop taking in rainwater to prevent contamination in tap water followi

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo - An Israeli emergency medical team arrived in Japan on Sunday night for a mission to treat survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, marking the first foreign medical

SENDAI, March 27 Kyodo - Child welfare officials have launched an extensive search for children who have lost their parents or have gone missing in parts of northeastern Japan ravaged by the catast

GENEVA, March 27 Kyodo - Japan will ask World Trade Organization members not to ''overreact'' to the crisis surrounding the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, which has prompted import