Japan

Helicopters douse Fukushima Daiichi plant with seawater

In the wake of disaster, playwright Terry Watada remembers his time in Japan

There are natural disasters. And there are man-made disasters. Never have the two been conjoined as in Japan right now.

Cooling systems at the Fukushima plant could be restored

Answers to frequently asked questions about the situation in Japan [UPDATED]

Find out what’s happening at the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear plant

A crowd-sourced radiation tracking project is just one way the Internet is helping the relief effort

Daiichi plant radiation levels spike as workers evacuate

Harper explains why there cannot be another election until the world is completely free of instability

Meanwhile, a second quake hits near Tokyo