Japan inches toward restarting a nuclear plant

All the nation's 48 reactors shut down after still-lingering Fukushima disaster, but 1 plant has cleared tough new safety checks

• Jul 16, 2014

Can Japan stem nuke plant leaks with icy dirt?

Risky business as teams rush to build underground "ice wall" around quake and tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

• Jul 14, 2014

Japan's recovery, two years later

A look at life in Japan as it slowly recovers from the devastating earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

• Mar 7, 2013
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More apparent tsunami debris found on U.S. shore

Experts trying to confirm if dock that washed ashore in Wash. state, adorned with Japanese writing, is debris from 2011 disaster on other side of Pacific

• Dec 22, 2012

Japan nuke safety team took money from utility

Neutrality of experts who accepted funds from nuclear power industry is questioned in wake of Fukushima disaster

• Nov 3, 2012

Japan irate after French TV host's Fukushima joke

TV host shows picture of Japan's goalkeeper with 4 arms, describes it as "Fukushima effect" in reference to nuclear disaster

• Oct 16, 2012

Japan utility: Tsunami nuclear crisis was avoidable

Tokyo Electric Power Co. reverses course after defending preparedness for 2011 tsunami, says it knew safety improvements were needed

• Oct 12, 2012

Hawaii fishermen find skiff from Japan tsunami

Crew of the fishing boat Zephyr found the small boat intact and floating about 700 miles northeast of Maui

• Oct 5, 2012

Bin in Hawaii confirmed to be Japan tsunami debris

Large plastic bin is the first confirmed piece of marine debris from last year's Japan tsunamis to arrive in Hawaii

• Sep 22, 2012

Japanese Cabinet panel: Phase out nuclear power

Suggests renewable energy, conservation, fossil fuels instead; Recommendation represents major shift in nation's energy approach in wake of Fukushima disaster

• Sep 14, 2012

Report: Mutated butterflies found near Fukushima

Genetic damage discovered in butterflies near epicenter of Japan's nuclear disaster; Several reports of radioactive wildlife

• Aug 13, 2012

Japan opens 1st beach near nuclear disaster

Officials reopen beach in Fukushima prefecture as radioactivity dwindles, but thousands still demanding Japan abandon nuclear power

• Jul 17, 2012

Japan reactor on grid in 1st post-tsunami restart

No. 3 reactor at the Ohi nuclear plant went back on the grid Thursday morning, according to the plant's operator

• Jul 5, 2012

Japan reactor back online, 1st since Fukushima

Dozens protest as first plant since nuclear disaster is returned to operation

• Jul 1, 2012

USGS: 6.4-magnitude quake 72 miles off Japan

Quake's epicenter was 72 miles northeast of Sendai

• Jun 17, 2012

Japanese tsunami dock; Trash or treasure?

Dock torn loose by last year's tsunami is "cluttering" Oregon beach, but it's also drawing tourists

• Jun 14, 2012

Scientists fret over creatures on tsunami dock

Millions of individual organisms, including crabs and starfish, made the 5,000-mile journey from Japan to Oregon's shores

• Jun 7, 2012

Seventy-foot dock from Japan washes up in Oregon

The cleanup from Japan's tsunami on America's shores could take years, and is only now getting worse, a year after disaster

• Jun 6, 2012

Toxic Japanese debris piles up on Alaska's shore

First the wind and now the currents bring tons of toxic, but not irradiated, debris to the West Coast from Japan, a year after the tsunami

• May 29, 2012

Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed Pacific to U.S.

Bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to U.S.shores

• May 28, 2012

Japan to switch off last nuclear reactor

Nation will be free of atomic power for the first time since '66; Fukushima crisis is eroding years of efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions

• May 4, 2012

Tsunami-swept Harley washes ashore in Canada

Motorcycle lost in the Japanese disaster reaches Canadian island 4,000 miles away in container; "Miraculous," owner says

• May 2, 2012

Japan's "angry mayor" making himself heard

Mayor Futoshi Toba lost his wife and 2,000 residents to the earthquake and tsunami; for him, the rebuilding effort is weak

• Apr 29, 2012

Some Japanese towns face decade of radioactivity

The towns nearest the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan to be dangerously radioactive until at least 2022, a report states

• Apr 23, 2012

Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in U.S.

Misaki Murakami, 16, lost everything in tsunami disaster, until an Alaska beachcomber found his football more than 3,000 miles away

• Apr 23, 2012

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