Naoto Kan, Japan's Prime Minister has kept his promise to resign following the approval of legislation by the Japanese Parliament, the Diet.Criticism after the Government's leadership followed the March earthquake, the disastrous tsunami and the nucl…
A scorching summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four people’s lives and hospitalised over 900, according to Japanese media reports on Friday. Throughout Japan, people have had to battle temperatures reaching 36 degrees (95 degrees Fahrenhe…
The suicide rate in Japan, already one of the highest among the developed nations according to World Health Organisation statistics, has risen above 3000 for the month of May alone. A national public awareness campaign in 2010 had seen the numbers de…
One month after the devastating Japanese tsunami, memorial services are being held and volunteers and rescue workers still scour the debris for the missing. Personal items such as photos and albums dug from the wreckage and rubble are being collected…
Tsunami survivors evacuated from the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are not likely to be able to return home for the forseeable future. The nuclear crisis is still not under control and radiation levels in foodstuffs, wate…
One of the unlikeliest victims of the Japanese Tsunami seems to have been a young porpoise or sunameri washed ashore by the huge waves and stranded 2km inland in a rice paddy. The finless porpoise is 1m long and native to the coastal waters of Asia. …
Despite continuing freezing weather, 400,000 Japanese affected by the tsunami and earthquake are still living in evacuation centres in 16 Japanese prefectures in the north east of the country. 2 million are without running water and half a million ha…
Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent power failure, the vault door of the Shinkin Bank in Kesennuma opened and it has now been discovered that the contents - 40 million yen ($500,000) has disappeared, presumed stolen.
Freezing weather is adding to the problems caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami with half a million people now living in temporary shelters following the devastation. Offers of aid and support have been made by 102 countries and 14 internati…
Helicopters are being used to drop water onto Reactor 3 at Fukushima in an attempt to douse the flames and cool the core.Sea water is being scooped and dumped directly onto the damaged site. Employees fighting to regain control were temporarily withd…