U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has offered encouragement to victims of Japan’s nuclear crisis during a visit to an evacuation center in Fukushima. Speaking in Japanese Monday to about 300 people who have been removed from their homes around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Mr. Ban urged them to persevere. The U.N. chief later told a […]
UN Chief Offers Encouragement to Japan’s Nuclear Plant Evacuees
Posted August 8th, 2011 at 12:15 am (UTC-5)
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Japan Marks 66th Anniversary of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
Posted August 6th, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday attended the 66th anniversary in Hiroshima of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, and reaffirmed the need to reduce the country’s reliance on nuclear energy. In his speech during the service to commemorate the 1945 bombing, Mr. Kan said Japan would examine the causes of this year’s nuclear […]
Japan Fires Three Top Officials Over Handling of Nuclear Crisis
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
Japan’s government says it is firing three high-ranking officials in connection with their handling of the crisis at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant. Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda said Thursday he will replace the head of Japan’s nuclear safety agency, the head of the energy agency and a vice minister in his own ministry. […]
Japanese Lawmakers Pass Fukushima Compensation Plan
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 6:25 am (UTC-5)
The Japanese parliament has approved a plan to compensate the victims of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The legislation creates a special fund that Fukushima owner and operator Tokyo Electric Power Company will use to pay reparations to tens of thousands of residents forced to evacuate a 20-kilometer area surrounding the plant. The fund […]
UN Chief to Visit Fukushima, Meet Japanese Nuclear Evacuees
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will tour tsunami-stricken areas near the Fukushima nuclear plant during a visit to Japan next week. The United Nations said Tuesday that Mr. Ban wants to see first-hand the devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that leveled whole towns and left more than 20,000 people dead or […]
Japan Widens Ban on Cattle-Shipments
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Japan expanded its ban on cattle-shipments to a third area Monday, as nuclear contamination threatened more of the country’s beef production. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters the government has extended the ban to Iwate prefecture, the nation’s fifth-largest beef producer, after banning shipments last month from Miyagi and nearby Fukushima prefectures. Radiation from […]
Pyongyang Seeks Return to Talks, 2005 Nuclear Agreement
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
North Korea is repeating its call for an early resumption of six-party talks on its nuclear programs. In its first public comments since nuclear talks ended in New York last week, North Korea also said Monday it is ready to implement a 2005 agreement calling for it to abandon its nuclear programs. Pyongyang has been […]
Pyongyang Seeks Return to Talks, 2005 Nuclear Agreement
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
North Korea is repeating its call for an early resumption of six-party talks on its nuclear programs. In its first public comments since nuclear talks ended in New York last week, North Korea also said Monday it is ready to implement a 2005 agreement calling for it to abandon its nuclear programs. Pyongyang has been […]
IAEA Chief Visits Japan’s Crippled Nuclear Plant
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 10:55 pm (UTC-5)
The head of the United Nations nuclear monitoring agency has praised Japan’s cleanup work at the nuclear power plant crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in March. Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited the Fukushima Daiichi plant Monday to assess progress in containing damage from the biggest nuclear crisis since […]
Villagers Re-Enter Fukushima Radioactive Zone to Honor Earthquake Victims
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 1:00 am (UTC-5)
Dozens of people from Okuma, a Japanese village near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, traveled deep into the radioactive restricted zone Sunday to hold a belated memorial for friends and family who died in the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Wearing protective suits and face masks, residents and media were brought in on government-chartered […]
