• Radiation fears spark panic buying, evacuations in Tokyo 

    14/03/2011 05:00

    Commuters stand in line to board other trains at Yokohama Station, southwest of Tokyo, March 14, 2011 Radiation wafted from an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant toward Tokyo on Tuesday, sparking panic in one of the world’s...

  • At least 630 killed in Japan”s powerful quake - NHK

    At least 630 killed in Japan”s powerful quake - NHK

    13/03/2011 05:00

    At least 630 people were killed after Friday’s great earthquake and ensuing huge tsunami hit northeast Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday. According to the National Police Agency, more than 215,000 people were in emergency shelters in...

  • Japan plans spending package as quake slams world’s most indebted economy 

    13/03/2011 05:00

    A woman looks at the damage caused by a tsunami and an earthquake in Ishimaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area March 13, 2011 Japan aims to compile a package to fund the rebuilding...

  • Blast strikes Japan plant; 2,000 bodies found on coast 

    13/03/2011 05:00

    An "SOS" signal is written on the sports field of a high school after the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami struck the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan March 13, 2011 A hydrogen explosion rocked the...

  • US lawmakers say go slow on nuclear energy 

    13/03/2011 05:00

    Cooling towers at the Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Illinois, the US The unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan at reactors damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami has led some lawmakers to call for putting the...

  • No Vietnamese confirmed dead in Japan earthquake

    No Vietnamese confirmed dead in Japan earthquake

    13/03/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese students and guest workers in Japan have been found safe after the biggest earth quake in Japan’s modern history and high wave tsunami hit the northeast region on March 11. The Tokyo-based Vietnam News Agency...

  • Radiation leaking from Japan's quake-hit nuclear 

    12/03/2011 05:00

    A woman cries after learning that her mother was successfully rescued from a building following an earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 12, 2011 Radiation leaked from a damaged Japanese...

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