Japan raised its assessment of the economy for the first time in nine months as the recovery from last year's earthquake and tsunami disaster gains momentum. (more…)
Over the weekend, Japan's last nuclear reactor was shut down for regular maintenance. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, reactors haven't been allowed back on. Japan is now the first major economy to see the modern era without nuclear power. (read more here…)
MOSCOW – More than a year since the catastrophic nuclear and radiation disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, concerns loom ever larger over the site as experts warn with increasing worry of the unstable condition of the cooling pond at Unit 4, where spent nuclear fuel holds ten times the amount of radioactive...
As Japan turns away from nuclear power in the wake of last year's nuclear disaster, it is seeking new energy supplies from sources all around the world. (more…)
Ever wish you could escape your troubles by changing your name and moving away? Well, according to President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser at the White House, Osama bin Laden knew the feeling. Hunkered down in his Abbottabad compound, bin Laden anguished as al-Qaida suffered “disaster after disaster,” encouraged its operatives to flee to...
Japan automaker Honda Motor has said its net profit for the fiscal year to March plunged 60.4 percent from the previous year due to Japan's quake-tsunami disaster, flooding in Thailand and the strong yen…. (more…)
