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Japan Emperor Makes First Trip to Disaster Zone

TOKYO -- Japan's revered emperor made his first trip Thursday to the disaster zone since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami destroyed much of the northeast coast and set off a crisis of radiation leaks at a flooded nuclear plant. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited two evacuation shelters Thursday in Asahi city,...

French President Going to Japan to Offer Support

PARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Japan to offer support to the country after its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis, his office said Tuesday. Sarkozy will head to Tokyo on Thursday, where he will have talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the office said in a statement. The French...

Japan Faces Its Next Chore: Cleaning Up

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan -- Where do you even start? Do you start by carting away the Chokai Maru, the 150-foot (45-meter) ship that was lifted over a pier and slammed into a house in this port town? Do you start with the thousands of destroyed cars scattered like discarded toys in the city of Sendai? With the broken...

Meltdown Threat Rises at Japanese Nuclear Plant

SOMA, Japan -- Water levels dropped precipitously Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor. Water levels were restored after the...

Japanese-Americans Seek News of Quake Back Home

LOS ANGELES - Nancy Niijima switched on the TV in her room at the Keiro retirement home to see images from her native country of submerged neighborhoods, cars being carried in giant ocean tides, collapsed buildings and cracked roads. "It's like science fiction, not like what really happens in Japan," said Niijima, who is...