Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Pref (Jiji Press)--The tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in northern and eastern Japan left a huge scar across the Yamoto district, known for producing processed

Tokyo, April 5 (Jiji Press)--Electronics makers have started to move production from eastern Japan due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and rolling blackouts by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Monday expressed Tokyo's gratitude for U.S.

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weapons procurement agency said Monday it is developing a new multiple rocket launcher with a prototype to be rolled out by 2013 to further neutralize long-

Tokyo, April 4 (Jiji Press)--Police are moving to support evacuees' volunteer patrols in northeastern Japan areas hit by last month's disaster, sources familiar with the matter told Jiji Press Mond

Tokyo, April 1 (Jiji Press)--It is impossible for Japan to lift within weeks its evacuation order issued to residents near the crippled Fukushima No.

Washington, March 30 (Jiji Press)--The chief U.S. nuclear regulator said Wednesday it is deemed safe to stay 32 kilometers away from the troubled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan.

Washington (Jiji Press) - The levels of plutonium discovered in soil at a quake-hit nuclear power plant in Japan are "not significant at this point," a senior U.S.

Tokyo, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines completed its corporate rehabilitation process on Monday, emerging from court supervision 14 months after its bankruptcy filing in January last year.

Tokyo (Jiji Press) - "I'm relieved that I was the one who's had radiation exposure the most in my crew," says Yasuhiro Ishii of the Tokyo Fire Department's "hyper rescue" squad that sprayed water a