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Electricity has been restored to three reactors at the Japanese nuclear plant wrecked by fire and explosions after the 11 March quake and tsunami. However the cooling systems are not yet operating, and the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, says the situation remains "very serious". Some workers...

Link Removed due to 404 Error 20:00 JST March 19: One of six tsunami-crippled nuclear reactors appeared to stabilize on Saturday as Japan raced to restore power to the stricken power plant to cool it and prevent a greater catastrophe. Engineers reported some rare success after fire trucks...

TOKYO (Reuters) – It seemed too good to be true. A young man pulled alive from the rubble on Saturday eight days after Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Hours after the man made international headlines on Saturday, a glimmer of hope in Japan's worst tragedy since World War Two...

Tokyo (CNN) -- Japan's nuclear safety agency on Friday worsened its assessment of problems at the Fukushima nuclear power plant as soldiers and utility workers continued a frantic effort to hose down overheating nuclear fuel with water cannons. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised...

They are leaving us to die," says the mayor of Minamasoma inside the exclusion zone. The governor of the region at the centre of Japan's nuclear crisis has criticised official handling of the evacuation of the area around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Fukushima prefecture...

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has advised Americans to evacuate the area within 80 kilometers of an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant, or take shelter indoors, out of concern that radiation leaking from the plant could contaminate the area. The evacuation warning, issued by U.S. Ambassador...

Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the...

Prime minister Naoto Kan warned there is danger of more leaks and told people living within 19 miles (30 kilometers) of Fukushima complex to stay indoors to avoid exposure that could make people sick. Around 70,000 people had already been evacuated from a 12-mile (20-kilometer) radius, and...

The aftermath of the huge earthquake and tsunami is Japan's worst crisis since World War II, the country's prime minister Naoto Kan has declared. It also resulted in a tsunami that saw huge waves obliterate towns along Japan's north-east coast and officials now believe the final death...

The fear of a nuclear meltdown has lead to foreign residents leaving Japan. Death toil expected to rise above 10,000 according to Japanese police. A third reactor is not responding to water cooling methods . Danger of an explosion rises but the reactor should withstand the explosion Japanese...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- An argument over sex may have caused a Seminole County man to burn down his home. Deputies think the flames were set by an angry, naked man seen running from the scene AT THE SCENE: Images Of Flames, Fire Crews Link Removed due to 404 Error Investigators believe...