Kanuma, Japan News

Hundreds of water tanks are to be sent to Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to hold thousands of tons of water contaminated in the effort to keep its reactors cool, the operator said Sunday.

A truck driver who killed six children when he crashed into them during an epileptic fit in Kanuma, Japan, is facing negligent homicide charges, say prosecutors.

The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant found the radiation level of the building housing the No.

Chubu Electric Power Co. on Monday decided to shut down the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture in response to an urgent request from Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

A Japanese crane truck driver has been indicted on negligent homicide charges for allegedly driving into a group of schoolchildren, killing six of them.