Japan Court Acquits Utility Executives in Fukushima Disaster January 19, 2023 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday found three former utility company executives not guilty of negligence over the...
Japan Says Repayment of TEPCO Fukushima Cleanup Delayed November 9, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — Repayment of the more than 10 trillion yen ($68 billion) government funding for cleanup and compensation for...
Philippine Storm Victims Feared Tsunami, Ran Toward Mudslide October 31, 2022 By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that...
Tokyo Court Orders Ex-Tepco Execs to Pay $95B Damages over Fukushima Disaster July 13, 2022 TOKYO –– The Tokyo district court on Wednesday ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 13...
Report: Quake-Triggered Tsunami Would Hit Seattle in Minutes July 12, 2022 SEATTLE (AP) — A study published by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources this week shows a tsunami triggered...
Japan Court: Nuclear Plant’s Tsunami Safeguards Inadequate June 1, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered a utility not to restart a nuclear power plant because of...
Cancer Patients Seek Damages from Fukushima Nuclear Plant May 27, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court began hearings Thursday in a lawsuit seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six...
Cleanup Begins After 7.4 Quake Shakes North Japan, Killing 4 March 18, 2022 By Mari Yamaguchi TOKYO (AP) — Residents in Fukushima and Miyagi were cleaning their homes after a sleepless night following a powerful 7.4-magnitude...
Peru’s ‘Worst Ecological Disaster’ Slams Small-Scale Fishing March 15, 2022 By Franklin Briceno CIUDAD PACHACUTEC, Peru (AP) — Walter de la Cruz scrambled down a large sand dune in the fog to reach...
Musk’s Starlink Connects Remote Tonga Villages Still Cut Off After Tsunami February 23, 2022 By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY —Elon Musk’s satellite venture has launched a free high-speed internet service to connect remote villages in Tonga that have...