A breakthrough technology that uses cell phones to aid people in disasters is now being used to help victims of the tornadoes in the Midwest, the earthquake in Japan and the unrest in the Middle East.
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Emperor Akihito
Unlike his predecessors, Japan’s emperor speaks the people’s language and is married to a commoner. He also knows a lot about fish.

The crisis in Japan: What it means for nuclear power in the U.S.
Michael Levi, a nuclear expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the future of nuclear power here and around the world after Japan’s earthquake.

Essay from Japan: A self-inflicted ‘third atomic bomb’
Need to Know correspondent Abby Leonard reports from Japan, where she spoke with a survivor of the Hiroshima nuclear attack about the country’s most recent nuclear crisis.

Photo: Empty shelves
As shoppers stock up on food in parts of Japan, stores go empty.