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  Three Workers At Japan's Crippled N-Plant Exposed To Radiation

  World | March 24, 2011 20:18 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 24: Three workers were today exposed to high radiation at Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, as authorities mulled plans to import bottled water amid a panicked rush to buy it after the tap

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  All 6 Reactors At Fukushima Reconnected To Power Lines

  World | March 23, 2011 10:01 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22 : Japanese workers struggling to avert a nuclear disaster today succeeded in reconnecting all six reactors to power lines at the quake-hit Fukushima plant, marking a significant progress in the tedious task

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  Strong Quake Strikes Near Japan's Troubled Nuclear Plant

  World | March 23, 2011 7:55 IST

  Osaka, Mar 23: A strong earthquake struck near the troubled nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's radiation crisis early today, the meteorological agency said.The agency said there was no fear of a tsunami

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  Efforts On To Restore Power At N-Plant; New Quakes Rock Japan

  World | March 22, 2011 21:25 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22: Japanese workers scrambled hard today to restore power at the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant as smoke rose from two of its reactors in the tsunami-hit northeast, which was jolted by a series

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  Japan Will Recover Soon, Says World Bank

  World | March 21, 2011 16:11 IST

  Beijing, Mar 21: The short-term impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan over a week ago could be great, though it will be for a short period, World Bank Chief Economist and

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  Japan Reconstruction May Take 5 Years: World Bank

  World | March 21, 2011 10:05 IST

  Singapore, Mar 21: Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $235 billion of damage, the World Bank said Monday. The March 11 disaster --

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  Japan Disaster Death Toll To Top 18,000

  World | March 21, 2011 10:02 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 21: Police officials estimate that the toll from Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami will exceed 18,000 deaths. One of the of the hardest-hit prefectures, Miyagi, estimates that the deaths will top

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  Japan Cites Radiation In Milk, Spinach Near Plant

  World | March 19, 2011 14:47 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 19: Spinach and milk taken from farms near Japan's crippled nuclear plant exceeded government-set safety limits for radiation, the government said Saturday, in the first report of food contamination from the accident.The tainted

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  Radiation Levels In Japan Not Harmful: IAEA

  World | March 19, 2011 14:35 IST

  Vienna, Mar 19: Radiation levels currently detected in Japan and beyond in the wake of the nuclear crisis after last week's massive earthquake do not pose any harm to human health, an IAEA expert said."Regular

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  A Week After Quake, Japan's Leader Vows To Rebuild

  World | March 19, 2011 8:59 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 19: One week after an earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, the Japanese government conceded it was slow to respond to the disaster and welcomed ever-growing help from the United States in

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  Japanese Radiation Level Extremely High: US

  World | March 17, 2011 14:06 IST

  Washington, Mar 17: Expressing deep concern over Japan's nuclear crisis, the US today said that the radiation level of the damaged Fukushima atomic plants is extremely dangerous and pose serious health hazard to a broader

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  US Nuclear Plants Located Near Geologic Faults

  World | March 17, 2011 8:53 IST

  Los Angeles, Mar 17: Two years before an immense coastal earthquake plunged Japan into a nuclear crisis, a geologic fault was discovered about a half-mile from a California seaside reactor -- alarming regulators who say

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  More Governments Advising Citizens To Leave Tokyo

  World | March 17, 2011 7:47 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 17: Australia, Britain and Germany advised their citizens in Japan to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling their people it may be safer elsewhere.The

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  Thousands Flee Fukushima : Telegraph Report

  World | March 16, 2011 14:48 IST

  Tokyo, March 16: Thousands of people have been fleeing  nuclear-stricken Fukushima Daiichi due to radiation fears, reports the British daily The Telegraph, whose corerspondent Andrew Gilligan has filed this report from Nasushiobara:"The railway station at

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  Japan Evacuates Emergency Workers, Prepares For The Worst

  World | March 16, 2011 14:34 IST

  Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16 :  Radiation levels rose today in Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant where a new fire broke out, forcing the government to withdraw emergency workers engaged in efforts to cool overheating reactors at the

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  Japan Suspends Work At Stricken Nuclear Plant

  World | March 16, 2011 13:33 IST

  Fukushima, Japan, Mar 16: Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear plant Wednesday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the

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  Mass Exodus At Tokyo Airport, Indians Head Home

  World | March 16, 2011 20:34 IST

  Tokyo, March 16: A large number of Indians stood in queues at the Narita International airport here  on Wednesday in their desperate move to return home, reports Nishant Chaturvedi, India TV correspondent from Tokyo. The

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  Germany Shuts Down 7 Nuke Reactors

  World | March 16, 2011 9:50 IST

  Berlin, March 15: German today ordered a temporary shut-down of seven oldest nuclear reactors in the country, a day after it announced a thorough review of the safety systems of all 17 such units in

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  Spent N-Fuel Pool May Be Boiling, Further Radiation Leak Feared

  World | March 16, 2011 7:52 IST

  Tokyo, March 15: A nuclear crisis at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant deepened Tuesday as fresh explosions occurred at the site and its operator said water in a pool storing spent nuclear fuel

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  Nuclear Crisis Worsens, Radiation Levels Up

  World | March 17, 2011 13:59 IST

  Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16: Japan's nuclear nightmare worsened today with radiation levels surging at a quake-crippled reactor at Fukushima plant, forcing authorities to briefly pull out emergency workers even as another fire erupted slowing desperate efforts