TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan raised the severity level of the ongoing emergency at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Tuesday from level 5 to the maximum 7 on an international scale, recogniz

OSAKA (Kyodo) - The Osaka District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former prosecutor to 18 months in prison for tampering with evidence during investigations into a postal discount system abuse case i

TOKYO (Kyodo) - A series of strong earthquakes continued to hit eastern and central Japan Tuesday but there were no immediate reports of injuries, the Japan Meteorological Agency and police said.

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday to provide sufficient information about the ongoing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and call

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan will proceed with a planned visit to the United States by the end of June, despite the demands of dealing with the ongoing nuclear crisis and the aftermath

TOKYO (Kyodo) - A child aged under 15 has been declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan, with the child's organs to be harvested for transplantation shortly, a transplant

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The Group of 20 financial chiefs are likely to discuss the aftermaths of Japan's worst postwar crisis triggered by the March 11 killer earthquake on the global economy at a two-day

TOKYO (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been easing gradually in recent days, although there is absolutely no

TOKYO (Kyodo) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 jolted eastern and northeastern Japan on Monday afternoon, killing a 16-year-old young woman and leaving at least two of her

TOKYO (Kyodo) - The injection of coolant water into three troubled nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant was stopped for about 50 minutes after the area was hit by a strong earthqua