Funds from utilities eyed for entity to pay TEPCO nuclear compensation
TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo - The government is planning to seek contributions from the electric power industry for an envisaged entity to help Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Gov't assumed massive radiation exposure from Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO, May 3 Kyodo - The government assumed a worst-case scenario of ''significant public exposure'' to radiation when workers were struggling to bring a nuclear reactor under control at the Fukus
Japan's new vehicle sales mark largest fall in April
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Sales of new vehicles including minivehicles in Japan marked the largest fall of 47.3 percent in April from a year earlier to 185,673 units in the wake of the devastating March 11 e
Radiation leaks from fuel rods suspected at Tsuruga plant
FUKUI (Kyodo) - Leaks of radioactive substances from fuel rods are suspected to have occurred at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, the Fukui prefectural government said Monday, citing a rise in the
'Minor' indicted for alleged piracy on Japan-run tanker off Oman
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Tokyo prosecutors on Monday indicated a man who claims to be a Somalian minor over an attack on a tanker operated by Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.
Work starts to install air filter to reduce radiation at nuclear plant
TOKYO (Kyodo) - The operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday commenced work to install an air filter in the building housing the No.
Another gov't prediction system failed in Fukushima nuke accident
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan's system for predicting the volume of radioactive materials to be released into the environment failed in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant d
Another female worker at nuke plant exposed to radiation above limit
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Sony asks FBI to probe PlayStation Network data breach
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Workers call for early settlement of nuke crisis at May Day event
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