EARTHQUAKE

There are many people who think the Fukushima nuclear crisis has signaled the demise of the nuclear power industry, or at least that it will soon run into a ditch. But certain facts speak otherwise. Rising scepticism about the industry's future, especially in Europe, notwithstanding, the nuclear power sector is more likely to thrive than not.

The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions, such as electrical power and instrumentation, International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday in its latest update on Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it likely fell short of its operating profit estimate for the past business year by 4 percent after last month's massive earthquake and tsunami affected operations at some of its plants.

Photos of the winning moments at the 2011 Boston Marathon.

Japan's Earthquake in 2011 was the most devastating natural disaster to hit Japan after WWII. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, March 11 2011 off the coast of T?hoku, which is located in the northern part of the country.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. unveiled its plan for dealing with the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Toyota Motor Corp will resume production at all domestic plants on Monday in the aftermath of the catastrophic March 11 earthquake, the carmaker said in a statement.

Analysts expect USD/JPY to fall further, and here are 3 reasons back up that thesis.

Following is an update released by UN atomic watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The White iPhone 4 will cease to play hide-and-seek as Apple will start selling the elusive device by the end of this month. Its launch remained as elusive as a white tiger since June 2010.

Nintendo Co said the 3DS device has made a good start with 440,000 units sold in the US in a weeks’ time. Launched on March 27, Nintendo 3DS has successfully out-performed its Wii.

Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation.

Several advocacy groups have petitioned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to suspend reactor licensing until a full review of the Fukushima disaster in Japan is complete.

Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled on Thursday as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's natural calamities and a nuclear crisis.

A seismologist at the University of Tokyo is blasting Japanese officialdom for building seismic hazard maps based on the idea that some earthquakes could be predicted, and called on the government to admit that they can't.

Summary of details at Fukushima Nuclear Stations and other reactors by Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency:

IAEA's latest status on reactors at Fukushima Nuclear Plant : the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious but there are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation

- Japan's government on Wednesday downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in six months, saying it is showing weakness after a devastating earthquake and tsunami last month battered the northeast coast.

It's been a month since a massive earthquake triggered off a tsunami and a severe nuclear crisis at Fukushima Nuclear reactor hit Japan, killing thousands of people, rendering millions homeless and leaving scores of people exposed to nuclear radiation and life threatening injuries.

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) Rating on the Events in Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station by the Tohoku District - off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake.

The March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami are likely to have caused up to $34 billion in losses for the global insurance industry, catastrophe modeling company RMS said on Tuesday.