TSUNAMI

Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano said abnormal amounts of radiation were found in spinach and milk in Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures.

Summary of conditions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as described by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

The Delaware mother whose daughter was reported missing in the quake-damaged region of Japan has made contact with her after a week of worry and anxiety.

In a nation that is rapidly aging, the elderly have suffered disproportionately in the unprecedented disaster that has befallen Japan.

The Nuclear regulatory Commission has no plans to retrofit existing nuclear power plants due to seismic hazards, despite an increase in measured seismic risk at some sites.

The official death toll from Japan’s huge earthquake-tsunami tragedy is approaching 7-thousand, already exceeding the 6,434 who died in the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, according to Japan’s National Police Agency.

Once every few years, the moon makes a closer-than-usual approach, offering better views, higher tides, and a bit more light.

Nuclear energy experts in the U.S. believe that the quake-damaged atomic plant in northeastern Japan that is at the center of an unrelenting crisis has a dire breach in the wall or floor – a predicament that will pose serious problems when they seek to refill the spent fuel pool with coolant in order to prevent the release of extremely harmful radioactivity.

Moody's Japan K.K. has downgraded the ratings on Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., (TEPCO) including the senior secured rating, to A1 from Aa2, and the long-term issuer rating to A1 from Aa2.

The impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will only have a limited direct economic impact on the eurozone, according to analysts.

Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan said his administration has been revealing all the information that it has access to regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The nuclear crisis at the quake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant is now rated just two notches below the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine after Japanese authorities raised the alert level at the site to five from four (on a seven-point global scale for such incidents.

Impending 8-magnitude aftershock is yet to come and it may devastate Tokyo and surrounding regions, says UC Davis seismologist.

Outpourings of comfort, encouragement, and solidarity for Japan’s earthquake tragedy continue to come from all over the world.

People.com is reporting that actress Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to help with the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan.

The following is a White House transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama on the situation in Japan delivered from the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday March 17, 2011.

President Barack Obama made a visit to the Japanese embassy in Washington D.C. on Thursday, an unannounced arrival meant to show how heartbroken America was over the tragedy Japan faces in the wake of a massive earthquake and tsunami which have killed thousands of people and triggered a nuclear crisis.

U.S. troops and civilian teams have responded to the Japanese government's request to help distribute humanitarian aid supplies and search for survivors in Japan after last Friday's massive 9.0 earthquake and power tsunami.

A woman in the northeastern U.S. state of Delaware is desperate for news about her daughter who is missing in Japan’s earthquake zone.

In a letter sent to Apple staffers, Steve Jobs sends his condolences to the company's Japanese staff.

The level of radiation level rose at the quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant on Thursday night after Japanese government fire trucks started shooting high-pressure water streams at the troubled No. 3 reactor, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).