TOKYO, March 26 Kyodo - Two weeks after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern and eastern Japan, the official death toll topped 10,000 while more than 240,000 people were

TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - Two of the three workers who were exposed to high-level radiation and sustained possible burns at a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture have likely suffer

TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - A Diet panel on Friday postponed voting on a new pact that will enable Tokyo to maintain the annual costs of hosting U.S.

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TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - A total of 16 Indonesian and Filipino nurses passed Japan's qualification examination held in February, paving the way for them to work as nurses in Japan, the health minist

TOKYO, March 25 Kyodo - Japan pushed ahead with work to restore power and key cooling functions at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Thursday despite three workers' exposure to radiati

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo -The number of foreigners arriving at Narita International Airport near Tokyo between March 11, when the massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, and March 22 plunged abou

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will resume production of the Prius and other hybrid vehicles, while Honda Motor Co.

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - The search for missing people following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan has been hindered in Fukushima Prefecture due to the ongoing nuclear crisis there, rescu

TOKYO, March 24 Kyodo - Some airlines are planning to resume flights to and from Narita airport near Tokyo, but others are poised to reduce their services in Japan nearly two weeks after a massive