Sendai, May 16 (Kyodo) A moai statue from Chile's Easter Island that was presented to Japan as a gift in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami was erected today at a temporary shopping area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan.

Japan’s nuclear regulator, set up to replace a predecessor that ignored warnings before the atomic disaster in Fukushima, looks set to deliver a ruling that will permanently shut at least one nuclear plant and maybe more.

Japan is embarking on its most ambitious attempt at electricity industry reform since 1951. -Reuters        

While growth in the world's third largest economy, Japan, surpassed expectations in the first quarter, expanding at its fastest pace in a year, an important pillar of growth was missing: revival in capital ...

Experts have judged that a reactor on Japan's west coast is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis.

Japan is embarking on its most ambitious attempt at electricity industry reform since 1951.

By Aaron Sheldrick and Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is embarking on its most ambitious attempt at electricity industry reform since 1951, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe well-positioned for victory in a battle to break up powerful regional monopolies that is seen as a test of his political agenda. The time is ripe for the government's push to reduce some of the highest electricity costs in ...

By Aaron Sheldrick and Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is embarking on its most ambitious attempt at electricity industry reform since 1951, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe well-positioned for victory in a battle to break up powerful regional monopolies that is seen as a test of his political agenda. The time is ripe for the government's push to reduce some of the highest electricity costs in ...

Mr. Kang Hyunbin, head of business office at Line Plus Corp Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspired by the tragic earthquake that happened ...

Mr. Kang Hyunbin, head of business office at Line Plus Corp Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspired by the tragic earthquake that happened ...

Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that a trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear ...

Seismologists directed by Japan’s new nuclear regulator said the fault showed signs of being geologically active, suggesting a high earthquake risk.

The finding could stall government attempts to bring nuclear stations back into service after the 2011 Fukushima crisis.

By Risa Maeda and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Experts judged on Wednesday that a reactor on Japan's west coast is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Mothballing the reactor at Japan's oldest nuclear station would be the most stringent measure ...

By Risa Maeda and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Experts judged on Wednesday that a reactor on Japan's west coast is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Mothballing the reactor at Japan's oldest nuclear station would be the most stringent measure ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear government.        

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country's pro-nuclear government.        

By Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) - Experts judged on Wednesday that a reactor on Japan's west coast is located on ground at high risk of an earthquake, setting in motion a process that will likely lead to the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear plant since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Mothballing the reactor at Japan's oldest nuclear station would be the most stringent measure adopted in Japan ...

Japan's atomic regulator on Wednesday ordered a halt to plans to restart an experimental reactor because of safety concerns, as a strong anti-nuclear mood grips the nation.

Tsunami Philippines 2011 due to Japan Earthquake Here are the areas in the Philippines that are expected to be hit by a tsunami due to the earthquake...