TOKYO, March 22 Kyodo - The number of people killed or unaccounted for following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan topped 22,000 on Tuesday, becoming the biggest disaster sin

SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a South Korean national is not eligible to ask the government to confirm his or her ownership of land in the North, dismissing a lowe

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TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo - Asian countries have stepped up their screening of Japanese food imports for radioactive contamination after radioactive substances were detected on vegetables and raw milk

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TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo - Rolling blackouts will be resumed across the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo on Tuesday, except in areas originally set for power outages for nearly four hours from 6:20 a.m.

TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo - Work to connect power cables to the No. 3 and No.

TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo - Trace amounts of radioactive substances were detected in tap water samples collected Sunday and Monday in nine prefectures but they were all below the intake limits set by t

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