Japan's health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in o

A second nuclear reactor has begun working in Japan, officials said on Thursday, the day after its operator was ordered to examine a possible active tectonic fault directly under the plant.

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A Japanese schoolgirl was in intensive care on Tuesday after being speared in the head by a javelin while taking part in track and field training, an official said.

The 2.6 metre (8 ft 6 ins) javelin

Flood-hit evacuees in Japan began returning to their homes to begin a massive clean-up operation on Monday after record rainfall forced hundreds of thousands to flee and left at least 32 dead or missi

Japan recalled its ambassador to China for consultations on Sunday amid a simmering row between the Asian powers over disputed territory in the East China Sea, reports said.

Almost a quarter of a million people were ordered to leave their homes in southwest Japan on Saturday as heavy rain pounded the area for the third day, with 20 already dead, officials and reports said.

Japan summoned the Chinese ambassador on Wednesday as a diplomatic row flared up after three Chinese patrol boats approached a chain of islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute.

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A penguin whose escape from an aquarium in Japan gained him a following around the world has been formally named after months of being known just by his number.

Previously called Humboldt penguin No.

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors said on Wednesday that it would sell its sole European plant to a Dutch industrial group for one euro in a deal that calls on the buyer to keep 1,500 jobs at the facility.

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Stepping up pressure on Pakistan to take action quickly over the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, India said on Sunday that normalisation of bilateral relations can “only be in an atmosphere free of terror