Discovered: Nuclear disaster lingers in Japanese waters; the hole in the Antarctic ozone hasn't been this small since the '90s; the problem with algae-derived biofuels; the amazing shrinking ancient hippo.
Japan’s prosecutors officially began investigating Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and its former top executives on criminal charges today in relation to the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima following last year's March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
An independent Japanese commission that investigated last year's nuclear disaster at Fukushima released its findings on Thursday, putting the blame for the disaster squarely on the shoulders of the Japanese government and the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
Japan's Prime Minister ordered two of the countries nuclear reactors to resume operations on Saturday, the first time the country's used any of its 50 working nuclear reactors since the meltdown in Fukushima.
After the arrest of a yakuza boss for his alleged role in supplying workers to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Plant, we are learning the details of how Japan’s nuclear industry relied on organized crime.
Japan's prime minister today declared that the power plants at Fukushima, site of the worst nuclear distaster since Chernobyl, are finally 'stabilized' -- but that seems to be more of a technical designation than anything else.
Yoshihiko Noda must lead a divided Parliament to fix a stagnant economy
A government system for predicting path of radioactive harm went unheeded
But some meat contaminated with caesium has already been consumed, analysts said
Before the tsunami arrived, workers say the quake left its aging Unit 1 reactor crippled
Jake Adelstein and Stephanie Nakajima report on the Japanese utility after Fukushima
The Japanese criminal underworld courts local governments for lucrative contracts
TEPCO officials confirmed today what had been suspected for months
They are installing a ventilation equipment to lower radiation levels
All proceeds to benefit victims of the earthquake and tsunami
Japanese regulators want to know who bought a 10% stake in the Fukushima operator
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the new realities of buying seafood in Japan post-tsunami
How scientists classify nuclear disasters and whether Japan's is getting worse
TEPCO's own engineer found 10 percent chance of tsunami disaster in 2007 paper
Meanwhile, plumes of black smoke were seen rising from Japan's crippled nuclear plant
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