Awwal 26, 1432 / April 30, 2011, SPA -- Small amounts of radioactive substances have been
found in the breast milk of seven women in a survey involving 23
women in five Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukushima,
dpa quoted news reports (...)
Awwal 24, 1432 / April 28, 2011, SPA -- Honda Motor Co. says its quarterly profit dropped 38.3 percent due to a slump in car production following last month's earthquake and tsunami.
Honda said Thursday its profit for the January-March quarter (...)
Awwal 21, 1432, April 25, 2011, SPA -- Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co said Monday their domestic production in March plummeted about 63 per cent from a year earlier to record monthly lows with their operations severely disrupted by the March (...)
Awwal 20, 1432, April 24, 2011, SPA -- Japan plans to send more than 20,000 soldiers into its northern disaster zone Monday in an intensive mission to recover the bodies of those killed in last month's earthquake and tsunami.
More than 12,000 (...)
Awwal 20, 1432, April 24, 2011, SPA -- The trade ministers of Japan, China and South Korea are vowing to press forward to seal an investment pact among their countries.
Japan's Banri Kaieda, China's Chen Deming and South Korea's Kim Jong-hoon said (...)
Awwal 19, 1432, April 23, 2011, SPA -- A magnitude-6 earthquake struck north-eastern Japan Saturday, the Meteorological Agency said.
No immediate casualties or damage were reported, and no tsunami warnings were issued.
No further damage was (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- The Japanese government on Friday expanded its evacuation zone beyond the previous 20-kilometre zone around the stricken north-eastern nuclear power plant because of continued high levels of radiation, dpa (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday its global car production, disrupted by parts shortages from last month's earthquake and tsunami, won't return to normal until November or December, as AP reported.
Company (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- Japanese stocks were mixed Friday as some export-oriented issues were dragged down by a stronger yen but carmakers were bolstered by news that chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp would resume operations (...)
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Thursday that
the government was banning entry into the 20-kilometre exclusion zone
around a damaged nuclear power plant, according to dpa.
The move came after (...)
Awwal 15, 1432, April 19, 2011, SPA -- The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant began pumping highly radioactive water from the basement of one of its buildings to a makeshift storage area Tuesday in a crucial step toward easing the nuclear (...)
Awwal 13, 1432, April 17, 2011, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that America would stand by Japan, saying she was confident the country will fully recover from its tsunami and nuclear disasters.
«We are very (...)
Awwal 13, 1432, April 17, 2011, SPA -- Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) aims to bring radiation levels at its damaged Fukushima Daiichi facility on a downward trend in around three months, the company said on (...)
Awwal 12, 1432, April 16, 2011, SPA -- Workers in the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant were attempting to reduce radioactive contamination in waters off the coastal power station, but the levels of highly radioactive water keep rising, the Jiji Press (...)
Awwal 12, 1432, 2011, SPA -- A strong earthquake has shaken the region around the Japanese capital Tokyo early Saturday.
According to first estimates by Japanese authorities the quake had a magnitude of 5.9. In Tokyo buildings were shaking, but (...)
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan faced a barrage of
criticism Thursday not only from the opposition but also from his own
party, according to dpa.
Kan has sought the help of both sides in dealing with (...)
Awwal 09, 1432, April 13, 2011, SPA -- Japan stocks rebounded Wednesday, led by automakers as the yen fell against major currencies.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average gained 85.92 points, or 0.9 per cent,
to close at 9,641.18 while the broader Topix (...)
Awwal 08, 1432, April 12, 2011, SPA -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday in north-eastern Japan, the Meteorological Agency said.
No immediate casualties or damage were reported, and no tsunami warnings were issued.
The epicentre of the (...)
Awwal 07, 1432, April 11, 2011, SPA -- The operator of Japan's damaged nuclear plant said external power was restored at three of its six reactors Monday and that operations to spray water onto spent fuel pools had resumed.
External power had been (...)
Awwal 06, 1432, April 10, 2011, SPA -- The Japanese and U.S. militaries launched another all-out search for the bodies of earthquake and tsunami victims Sunday along Japan's ravaged northeast coast.
About 22,000 Japanese troops, along with 110 from (...)
Awwal 06, 1432, April 10, 2011, SPA -- Prime Minister Naoto Kan paid another visit to Japan's tsunami-devastated coast Sunday, promising officials in a fishing-dependent city that his government will do whatever it can to help.
Kan visited (...)
Awwal 05, 1432, April 09, 2011, SPA -- The operator of a damaged nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan said radiation levels in seawater near the plant had risen, a news report said Saturday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it found on (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H / April 08, 2011, SPA -- Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power Co said on Friday it would delay the restart of commercial operation at the 912-MW No.3 reactor at its sole Tomari nuclear plant from the original plan for early April, after (...)
Awwal 04, 1432 H / April 08, 2011, SPA -- Japan announced power reduction targets for Tokyo and north Japan that will require big manufacturers and other large-scale users to cut peak summer consumption by one-fourth as it vowed to avoid rolling (...)
Awwal 02, 1432, April 06, 2011, SPA -- The operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Wednesday that the leaking of radioactive water from the damaged plant has been stopped, Kyodo News reported.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (...)