Mar 17 View From Tokyo: Japanese Try to Go on With Daily Life 'as Best They Can' By Larisa Epatko 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 reactor meltdown. Continue reading
Mar 17 China Health Minister on Japan Crisis: 'Uncertainties' Loom on Radiation Risk 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… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch Japan's Nuclear Crisis Raises Energy Questions in U.S. The nuclear crisis in Japan is raising questions in the U.S. about nuclear power. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch News Wrap: Tokyo Stock Market Rebounds Amid Japan's Recovery Efforts In other news Wednesday, the Tokyo stock market rebounded, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new national limits on mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch Nuclear Fears, Winter Storms Add to Japanese Quake Survivors' Misery The threat of a nuclear meltdown at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant continued to escalate Wednesday. Meanwhile, rescuers switched operations from rescue to recovery following the earthquake and tsunami. Alex Thomson, Angus Walker and Sarah Smith of Independent Television… Continue watching
Mar 16 Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami Relief Efforts: How to Help In the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last week, aid organizations are working to assist survivors and are calling for donations. We've compiled a list of a few of the organizations lending a hand. It's… Continue reading
Mar 16 Workers Return to Japan Nuclear Plant After Radiation Spike By News Desk 6:50 p.m. ET | Japanese Quake Survivors Speak Out on Nuclear Crisis Also, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director Gregory Jaczko testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday and spoke of concerns about the events in Japan, particularly around the problems plaguing Fukushima's… Continue reading
Mar 16 Japan Tsunami Response Moves from Rescue to Relief By Talea Miller Bitterly cold, snowy weather made relief efforts in northeast Japan extremely difficult Wednesday, said Kirsten Mildren, Asia regional advocacy officer for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She spoke with the NewsHour from Tokyo, where a U.N. Continue reading
Mar 16 Explosion, Fire at Nuclear Plant Trigger Radiation Fears in Quake's Aftermath By News Desk 8:20 a.m. ET Damage to the second reactor is shown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in this image released by Digital Globe. Click to view larger. 6:15 p.m. ET Another fire has broken out at the Fukushima… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Will Japan's Crises Disrupt Global Economic Recovery? Many of Japan's factories, a key component of the global supply line, have been crippled the earthquake or tsunami, or have ceased production due to rolling blackouts. Ray Suarez talks with The Economist's Greg Ip about the global economic impact… Continue watching