Fears about contaminated seafood are spreading despite reassurances that radiation in the waters off Japan's troubled atomic plant pose no health risk, as the country's respected emperor consoled evacuees from the tsunami and nuclear emergency zone.
Japan's government admitted that its safeguards were insufficient to protect a nuclear plant against the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the facility and caused it to spew radiation, and vowed to overhaul safety standards.
An evening of sushi, sake and entertainment will be held in Vudu Café + Larder on Saturday to raise money for Japan after its earthquake and tsunami.
Workers have discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex that officials believe are behind soaring levels of radiation spreading to soil and seawater.
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast this morning, the US Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert.
Japanese firemen remove a body from the rubble in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed town of Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. Photo by AP.
In the wake of natural disasters words like "murderous" and "unfriendly" place the blame on nature, when nature is blameless. If blame must be placed, let us appropriately assume it ourselves, says Fenton Johnson.
Replacing Japan's nuclear power generation could provide a boon to a number of energy suppliers, including several Australian companies with interests in lng, oil and gas.
A suspected breach in the core of a reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials revealed, as the prime minister called the country's ongoing fight to stabilise the plant "very grave and serious."
Radiation leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant has caused Tokyo's tap water to exceed safety standards for infants to drink, officials say, sending anxiety levels soaring over the nation's food and water supply.
Workers at a leaking nuclear plant have hooked up power lines to all six of the crippled complex's reactor units, but other repercussions from the massive earthquake and tsunami are still rippling across the nation as economic losses mounted at three of Japan's flagship companies.
Shunya Yago has been somewhat distracted of late. Since the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, his thoughts have been on the plight of his family, particularly his grandparents, who live in Miyagi prefecture near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The Dunedin-Otaru Sister City Society is seeking offers of places in homes for families seeking respite from the present turmoil in Japan for a week or two.
A Queenstown family caught up in Japan's magnitude-9 earthquake arrived home from Sendai on Saturday afternoon relieved to have escaped the devastation in the area.
Officials raced to restore electricity to Japan's leaking nuclear plant today, but getting the power flowing will hardly be the end of their battle: With its mangled machinery and partly melted reactor cores, bringing the complex under control is a monstrous job.
About $10,000 has been raised by the Dunedin Japanese community for victims of the Christchurch and Japanese earthquakes.
Police officials estimate that the toll from Japan's massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami will exceed 18,000 deaths.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has concerns about the safety of two New Zealanders in Japan following last Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
High levels of radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion today and a fourth caught fire.
A fire broke out at a nuclear reactor again today, a day after the power plant emitted a burst of radiation that panicked an already edgy Japan and left the government struggling to contain a spiralling crisis caused by last week's earthquake and tsunami.
More than 1800 New Zealanders have registered as being safe and well in Japan where tens of thousands are feared dead after a magnitude 9.0 tremor followed by a tsunami devastated large areas in the north on Friday.
