The operator of Japan's Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, said on Monday it would shut down its reactors as requested by Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were rocked on Friday by an aftershock of the massive March 11 earthquake as they toured the country's ravaged northeast.

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The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said on Monday, as public confidence slipped in the government's handling of the disaster.

The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will build a wall to defend it against future tsunamis, reports said on Monday, as public confidence slipped in the government's handling of the disaste

Soviet efforts to contain the Chernobyl nuclear disaster were much better than Japan's 'slow-motion' response to the disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant, according to a leading member of the 1986 reco

Toyota Motor Co may slip to No. 3 in the automaker production rankings behind General Motors and Volkswagen due to Japan's earthquake and nuclear crisis, which slashed local output by almost two-third

Japan's leading automakers said on Monday that domestic production plummeted in March after the massive quake and tsunami, which shut off parts supplies and led to widespread power shortages.

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Japan launched a massive search on Monday using 25,000 troops to scour its tsunami-ravaged northeast coast for thousands of bodies still missing more than six weeks after the disaster struck.

Japan will send nearly 25,000 soldiers backed by boats and aircraft into its disaster zone on Monday on an intensive land-and-sea mission to recover the bodies of those killed by last month's earthqua

Former Sony president Norio Ohga, who helped transform the music industry with the development of the compact disc format, has died at the age of 81, the company said.

The music school graduate serve