Silence, rallies mark Japan quake anniversary
With a minute of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marks on Sunday the first anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and set off a radiation ...
JAPAN: New Year Brings Economic Aftershocks
AIZUWAKAMASTU, Japan, Jan 1, 2012 (IPS) – Hideo Sato, 47, and his family escaped to this snowy city 200 km from the radiation emitting Fuksuhima power plant that was struck ...
IAEA team in Japan; Fukushima starts thyroid tests
TOKYO — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in the Japanese city of Fukushima on Sunday to observe the big decontamination effort following the world’s worst nuclear disaster ...
Typhoon dumps record rain on Japan, killing 25
TOKYO — Rescuers in Japan dug through mud-caked debris and searched the banks of swollen rivers Monday for those missing in a powerful typhoon that left at least 25 people ...
JAPAN: Fukushima Blows Lid Off Exploited Labour
TOKYO, Sep 3, 2011 (IPS) – The Fukushima disaster has thrown up the first opportunity in decades to bring justice to thousands of unskilled workers who risk radioactive contamination to ...
JAPAN: Fukushima Gives Renewable Energy a Chance
TOKYO, Aug 21, 2011 (IPS) – After decades of not bothering to switch off the lights in unoccupied rooms in their Tokyo home, Masayoshi Sakurai and his kids now meticulously ...
Americans take center stage in Japan tsunami cleanup
ISHINOMAKI, Japan — They fired up the grill early, the beer was suitably chilled, and the sun was shining. A perfect combination for a Fourth of July party. Except this ...
Cleanup of radioactive water halted in Japan
TOKYO — The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant stated on Saturday it had suspended an operation to clean up radioactive water only hours after it had begun ...
Opera tour brings hope to isolated Japan
Metropolitan Opera did not cancel its trip to Japan despite safety fearsVisitors to Japan plummeted in the wake of tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisisTheater workers have not worked for months ...
Japan: We’ll reform child custody laws
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, pictured, approved a plan Friday that could change Japan’s child custody policies. Japan’s Cabinet approves a plan to change the country’s child custody ...
