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Japan acts to tame yen, follows Swiss move
Aug 04, 2011 07:02 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan sold one trillion yen ($12.5 billion) and loosened its monetary reins on Thursday, joining Switzerland in efforts to tame currencies buoyed by safe-haven demand from investors fretting about the deteriorating health of the global economy.
Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials
Aug 04, 2011 05:08 EDT
Japan will sack three top energy officials over their handling of the Fukushima atomic disaster and scandals that have eroded public trust in the country's nuclear policy, the government said Thursday.
Japan law creates body to pay nuclear victims
Aug 03, 2011 02:49 EDT
Japan passed a law Wednesday to create a state-backed entity that will pay damages worth tens of billions of dollars to the victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Vermont finds contaminated fish as nuclear debate rages
Aug 02, 2011 16:41 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vermont health regulators said on Tuesday they found a fish containing radioactive material in the Connecticut River near Entergy's Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant which could be another setback for Entergy to keep it running.
Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger
Aug 02, 2011 12:16 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of the risks faced by workers battling to contain the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger
Aug 02, 2011 02:01 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in a fresh reminder of the risks faced by workers battling to contain the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.
Record high radiation at crippled Japan nuke plant
Aug 01, 2011 12:17 EDT
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami.
Strong earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no tsunami
Jul 30, 2011 16:11 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted northeast Japan on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, at 3:54 a.m. local time Saturday, was also felt in Tokyo.
Japan floods claim first victim
Jul 30, 2011 03:40 EDT
Floods claimed their first victim in Japan and nearly 300,000 people were urged to flee their homes Saturday as a weather system that killed dozens on the Korean peninsula swept the country.
Japan vows to skirt nuclear shutdown, watchdog embarassed
Jul 29, 2011 09:43 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will strive to avoid a complete shutdown of its 54 nuclear reactors and avert crippling power shortages in the near term while charting plans to reduce the nation's dependence on nuclear power, the government said on Friday.
Japan retail sales post first rise since quake
Jul 27, 2011 22:32 EDT
Japan's retail sales rose in June, marking the first gain since a devastating March earthquake and tsunami in a further signal of recovery in the world's third-biggest economy, data showed Thursday.
Special report: Fukushima long ranked most hazardous plant
Jul 26, 2011 17:41 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for radiation exposure years before it was destroyed by the meltdowns and explosions that followed the March 11 earthquake.
Japan nuclear compensation bill passes key hurdle
Jul 26, 2011 08:13 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - A lower house committee of Japan's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power pay billions of dollars in compensation to those hurt by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ensuring a law will soon be in place to guarantee the utility's survival and get aid to victims.
U.N. atomic watchdog head lauds Fukushima cleanup
Jul 25, 2011 06:51 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cleanup work at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant is proceeding smoothly and the prospects are good for bringing it under control, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Monday after a visit to the crisis-hit plant.
70% in Japan support PM's nuclear-free future: poll
Jul 24, 2011 15:26 EDT
Seventy percent of the Japanese public supports centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan's policy to make the country nuclear free in future but most people still want him to quit, a poll said Sunday.
Japan plans additional $165 billion for reconstruction
Jul 21, 2011 06:09 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government plans additional spending of 13 trillion yen ($165 billion) for reconstruction projects after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on top of a combined 6 trillion yen already set aside in two extra budgets, a government source said on Thursday.
Japan bans Fukushima beef shipments over radiation
Jul 19, 2011 12:22 EDT
Japan on Tuesday suspended cattle shipments from Fukushima prefecture on fears of radiation-tainted beef in the country's meat distribution chain, four months after a nuclear accident in the region.
Japan says efforts to stabilise nuclear crisis on track
Jul 19, 2011 10:57 EDT
Japan on Tuesday said plans to end the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by January next year are on schedule, with crippled reactors being "stably" cooled and radiation levels reduced.
Japan cites Fukushima progress but sees long road ahead
Jul 19, 2011 07:48 EDT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Tuesday it was on track with efforts to take control of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant but cautioned that a final clean-up of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl would take many years.
EU agrees to bury nuclear waste in secure bunkers
Jul 19, 2011 05:47 EDT
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Radioactive waste from Europe's 143 nuclear reactors must in future be buried in secure bunkers, ministers from EU member states agreed on Tuesday.
