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A 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that left thousands dead and Japan's nuclear facilities in peril.
... think the fundamental -- fundamental problem about this current government has been that there has been a series of questions, not -- even before this disaster hit Japan, about their capability for, frankly, managing crises. JEFFREY BROWN: They were unpopular before this? YUKI TATSUMI: Oh, absolutely. Just -- the Jiji Press, Japanese wire ...
... Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers are enlisting military helicopters and fire trucks in the ongoing battle to cool overheated reactors. Meanwhile, a growing number of Japanese and foreigners are fleeing from the radiation threat. Tom Clarke, Sarah Smith and Carl Dinnen of Independent Television News report. ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Japanese engineers ...
As Japan's nuclear crisis continues to unfold, you've probably heard mention of Tokyo Electric Power Company, the energy giant who owns the troubled Fukushima plant. Known as Tepco, the company was founded in 1951 as Japan looked to rebuild its economy and infrastructure after World War II. It ...
Checking radiation levels of an evacuee of the Fukushima vicinity in Japan (Ken Shimizu/AFP/Getty Images) In Japan, foreign governments are evacuating their citizens from the area of the Fukushima nuclear plant, as the Japanese military works to douse the facility with tons of water to prevent a nuclear ...
The PBS NewsHour has a reporting team in China this week, working on health, economy and other stories for a series you'll see in coming weeks. But given the events in Japan, they are also monitoring the Chinese reaction to its neighbor's triple crisis of earthquake, tsunami and ...
Foreign governments have advised citizens to leave northeastern Japan due to the threat of radiation. Gwen Ifill talks with nuclear engineer Lake Barrett and Columbia University's Norman Kleiman about the possible health consequences from the ongoing nuclear crisis.
... extent, we don't really know now. KWAME HOLMAN: Chu said his department had dispatched teams to Japan to monitor the crisis and assist the Japanese. They also hope to apply lessons learned here. STEVEN CHU: What we want to do is look at what happened in Japan and look ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: The Tokyo stock market rebounded today, even as the yen fell to near record lows against the dollar. But Wall Street skidded over worries about Japan's nuclear crisis, and the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 242 points to close at 11,613. The Nasdaq fell 50 ...
taff out of the city, while Japanese residents are simply being told to keep calm and carry on, even in the face of an ongoing nuclear disaster that is worse than any other except Chernobyl.
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