Tokyo

Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima

Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

Japan restarts first nuclear plant after Fukushima disaster

Kyushu plant revived amidst heavy protests

Fukushima: radioactive water leaking into sea

Tokyo Electric Power Company gets flak for keeping silent about leaks in the past

Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan

One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted

Evacuation after Fukushima disaster mishandled, finds survey

Many residents shifted to areas with high radiation; system for issuing safety warnings on radiation failed

Fukushima: leak of radioactive water termed level 3 accident

Fresh leak from steel storage tank; radiation level as high as the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for nuclear plant workers over five years

$4.5 billion question

Where does Afghanistan go from here? Does it have the capacity to utilise the funds? There are too many players, too many interests and too much …

The Die Hards

Despite marathon wars, Afghan resilience is intact. So is their affiliation to localised independence

Research on avian influenza virus to resume

Scientists had suspended research a year ago following public safety concerns over laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses

Back To Beginning

Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non-stop …

Japan bets big on fuel cell; US runs high on electric cars

Japan aims to create 100 hydrogen fuel stations by March 2016

Nuclear fault lines run deep

Secrecy, fettered regulator are a worry as India plans nuclear expansion

Radioactive contamination rises to record levels in Fukushima

Increase in radioactivity blamed on the recent typhoon, Phanfone

Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima

Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists