Cabinet OKs nuclear disaster compensation bill for Diet submission
TOKYO (Kyodo) - The government on Tuesday submitted to parliament a bill to help Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Chinese overseas workers exploited in Japan: report
HONG KONG (Kyodo) - Chinese workers are exploited when they work in developed countries such as Japan despite comprehensive labor export regulations, the China Labour Bulletin said Tuesday.
April machinery orders fall on slow rebuilding after March disaster
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan's core private-sector machinery orders in April lost 3.3 percent from the previous month, marking an unexpected fall and adding to the view that reconstruction work following
6 more nuclear plant workers exposed to radiation above limit
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Six more workers involved in efforts to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are feared to have been exposed to radiation above the prescribed limit, Toky
Chance of Kan's early resignation grows over legislative deadlock
TOKYO (Kyodo) - The likelihood of Prime Minister Naoto Kan succumbing to strong pressure for his resignation as early as this month increased Monday, following calls from within his own government
High concentration of radioactive strontium found at Fukushima plant
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, T
Kan calls for reform of Japan's power industry amid nuclear crisis
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Sunday called for ''fundamental reform'' of Japan's electric power industry amid the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Japanese stage antinuclear protest in New York
NEW YORK (Kyodo) - An antinuclear protest organized by Japanese people took place in New York on Saturday, three months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami triggered a nuclear cris
Thousands rally against nuke plants as crisis runs into 4th month
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Thousands of antinuclear protesters took to the streets across Japan Saturday as the country's worst nuclear crisis ran into its fourth month since the March 11 earthquake and tsuna
TEPCO starts ventilating No. 2 reactor to lower radiation levels
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday it began operating ventilation equipment with filters to absorb radioactive materials to reduce radiation levels inside the No.
