Removal of Japanese Dock on Olympic Coast Completed March 28, 2013 A 185-ton dock that washed out to sea during the March 2011 tsunami in Japan has now been removed from...
Emergency Landing Grounds Boeing 787 Jets in Japan January 17, 2013 By ELAINE KURTENBACH and YURI KAGEYAMA Japan’s two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday after one was forced to make...
Japan Nuclear Plant Operator Admits Some Safety Measures Neglected December 18, 2012 By MARI YAMAGUCHI The operator of the disaster-struck Japanese nuclear power plant has acknowledged that the company long neglected safety measures intended to...
Japan Donates $5M for Tsunami Debris Cleanup December 3, 2012 Japan is providing $5 million to the U.S. to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from its 2011...
Japan’s Rebuilding Money Spent on Unrelated Jobs November 1, 2012 By ELAINE KURTENBACH About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan’s March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been...
Japan Launches New Nuclear Safety Agency September 20, 2012 Japan has launched a new nuclear oversight agency following criticism that collusion between regulators and plant operators contributed to meltdowns...
Governor Says Fed Help Needed With Tsunami Debris June 20, 2012 By RACHEL LA CORTE Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Monday a state plan to address tsunami debris that reaches the state’s coast from Japan...
Removing Tsunami Dock Bids in: $80,000 to $240,000 June 19, 2012 The bids are in for removing a dock that floated from Japan to an Oregon beach after being set adrift...
Panel Clears Audit Firms of Olympus Scandal Blame January 17, 2012 By Yoko Kubota and Nobuhiro Kubo An unofficial panel of experts cleared global accounting groups KPMG and Ernst & Young of any responsibility for a $1.7...
Japan Probe Finds Nuclear Disaster Response Failed December 27, 2011 By YURI KAGEYAMA Japan’s response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an...