SOMA, JAPAN, APR 28 – Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan’s massive tsunami — when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, [...]
TOKYO, APR 14 – Hundreds of police in white protective suits are hunting for bodies in rubble outside Japan’s tsunami-flooded nuclear plant — searching for the first time within a six-mile (10-kilometer) radius around the radiation-leaking complex. Police said Thursday that falling radiation levels have allowed them to search within a narrower radius around the [...]
TOKYO, APR 13 – Japan cut the outlook for its economy on Wednesday for the first time in six months, saying last month’s devastating quake and tsunami would hurt growth, with no sign yet when the nuclear crisis they triggered might be brought under control. New data shows much more radiation leaked from the Fukushima [...]
