Six and a half decades after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the second world war, a powerful earthquake plunged Japan into another nuclear crisis. Start the slideshow to see photos:
A compilation of latest videos of the Japan tsunami, ranging from the footage captured by local witnesses to media outlets.
Asian firms from semiconductor makers to shipbuilders faced the risk of disruptions to their operations after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan destroyed vital infrastructure and knocked out factories producing everything from high tech components to steel.
Japanese authorities warned against the yen's rise as the currency rallied broadly early in Asia on Monday following Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
The death toll from Friday's large earthquake and subsequent tsunami is likely to rise beyond 10,000, Miyagi prefecture's police chief said on Sunday, according to Kyodo News.
Earth has been shifted on its axis by almost 4 inches (10 centimeters) during the Japan earthquake, and according to some reports, the cataclysmic incident has a moon connection.
Despite going through one of the most severe crisis in its history, Japan is continuing her plan of hosting two football (soccer) International friendlies in March.
The Shinmoedake volcano in Japan's Kyushu has erupted two days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that left more than 10,000 people dead, reports said on Sunday. There was no confirmation on whether the eruption was related to Friday's quake.
The radiation level at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which was hit by the earthquake, has exceeded the legal limit on Sunday, posing extreme danger to the people in a multi-kilometer radius and spawning long-term environmental hazards.
The death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake is now above 1,800 and likely to keep climbing.
Prefectural officials have reported that a small seaside town in northeastern Japan close to the epicenter of Friday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake has about 9,500 people which have gone unaccounted for, according to Kyodo news.
NASA's Earth Observatory team has published enhanced satellite images comparing before and after shots of the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck the coast, pointing out areas hit by flooding.
The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has warned of massive blackouts across Japan, even affecting areas far removed from the direct impact of the earthquake, given that its power facilities were damaged by the quake.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has confirmed that there has been a release of a small amount of radioactive material at one of its two Fukushima-based nuclear plants where the cooling mechanism had failed after Friday's devastating earthquake.
The death toll from Japan’s devastating earthquake could rise to more than 1,300, as the country continues to dig out survivors trapped beneath rubble and concrete
Thousands of people in tech-savvy Japan swamped the Internet in the hours after a devastating earthquake and tsunami to tell loved ones they were safe, but social networking sites were also flooded with worries about an explosion at a nuclear plant.
Following an explosion and fears of a radiation leak at the 40-year-old Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the Japanese government began evacuating people from within a 20 kilometer radius of the plant on Saturday afternoon.
'Pokemon' creator Satoshi Tajiri rumored to have died in Japan earthquake on the internet, especially on sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
An explosion was heard at the quake-hit nuclear plant of Japan on Saturday, soon after speculations of melt-down were made following the failure of the cooling system of the plant due to Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami.
As Japan braces for a devastating nuclear meltdown, as put by Greenpeace, international media buzzes with signs of eminent crisis.
Japanese broadcasters and amateur videographers captured the scenes on the ground and in the air of the moments when an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan.
A powerful 8.9 earthquake occured in Japan on Friday triggering a reportedly 33-feet high (10 meters) tsunami that swept away cars, planes, homes and even buildings along the country's northeastern coast. A tsunami warning was issued for the whole Pacific basin, except initially, for the U.S. and Canada.
