Japan
15 years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, recovery continues in a changed landscape
Nature is reclaiming abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone surrounding Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, an area that appears frozen in time 15 years after disaster struck.
Inflation is called a world problem
World Bank President Robert S. McNamara said here Saturday that the world's current economic crisis would not adversely affect either the interest rates at which the bank would borrow or lend money, or the availability of funds to the bank.
When it comes to balancing bottles, he's the best
Bob Adams was looking for something different ... something that really was his "own thing."
Miki knocked down by attacker at Sato rites
A 34-year-old ultra-rightist dashed from a crowd of newsmen and mourners waiting for the start of a national funeral for former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Monday and struck Prime Minister Takeo Miki three times in the face, knocking him to the ground.
At Tokyo Lost and Found, wallets to ashes lie unclaimed
At times, the 120,000 umbrellas in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's vast Lost and Found Center seem to reflect the personalities of their owners.
Captain of ship that hit PT-109 mourns JFK
The former Japanese Imperial Navy officer who almost killed John F. Kennedy in World War II Saturday mourned the late President's loss to the world.
His hand extended across the Pacific
I'm so upset ... I was a friend ... I couldn't believe it." This was all Prof. Gunji Hosono could say.