http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/12/japan-raises-its-nuclear-cris… TOKYO | Japan’s government on Tuesday raised the crisis level of its damaged nuclear facility at Fukushima to 7, … Continue reading JAPAN puts nuclear crisis at highest level

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/28/japans-plutonium-levels-calle… KITAKAMI, Japan | Plutonium found in soil around Japan’s disabled nuclear power plant panicked the public and media Monday, … Continue reading JAPAN: Plutonium found outside nuclear plant

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/27/us-helps-clear-vital-japan-ha… HACHINOHE, Japan | The second largest city on the devastated northeastern coast of Japan, Hachinohe, is set to become … Continue reading JAPAN: US divers pull ships, cars out of vital harbor

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/24/radiation-levels-remain-worri… SHIZUOKA, Japan | A day after he warned that Tokyo water was unsafe for babies because of high radiation … Continue reading JAPAN: Radiation rises in Tokyo suburbs

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/23/tap-water-in-tokyo-not-safe-f… SHIZUOKA, Japan | The government Wednesday warned Tokyo residents against giving tap water to babies, after discovering double the … Continue reading JAPAN: Tokyo water unsafe for babies

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/22/crews-reconnect-power-lines-t… Emergency crews Tuesday hooked up electrical lines to a crippled nuclear power plant but delayed restoring power until checking … Continue reading JAPAN: Reactors not yet stable

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/21/japans-leader-tries-to-assuage-… NARA, Japan | Prime Minister Naoto Kan tried Monday to reassure the world that emergency crews are making progress to … Continue reading JAPAN: PM sees light in nuclear tunnel

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/20/radiation-found-in-japans-foo… NARA, Japan | Fears of nuclear fallout grew during a wet Sunday after officials reported traces of radioactive elements in … Continue reading JAPAN: Radiation found in food, water

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/17/japan-reactors-get-more-water… SHIZUOKA, Japan | Emergency crews Thursday turned to firetrucks, water cannons and helicopters dropping enormous loads of water, as they … Continue reading JAPAN: Fukushima front-line of nuclear crisis

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/16/emperor-comforts-japan-in-1st… HAMAMATSU, Japan | In the first television address by a Japanese monarch, Emperor Akihito on Wednesday tried to calm the … Continue reading JAPAN: Emperor comforts anxious Japan

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/15/exodus-from-tokyo-begins/?pag… SHIZUOKA, Japan | A quiet exodus from Tokyo began on Tuesday after another explosion and a fire at a nuclear-power … Continue reading JAPAN: Exodus begins amid nuke fears

By Christopher Johnson in Tokyo, Japan   I was taking a shower at 2:46 on a Friday afternoon when our … Continue reading cold naked reality hits earthquake Japan