Dai-ichi

On Sunday, the government approved TEPCO's plan to allow workers return to Fukushima Dai-ichi's No. 1 reactor building to install a new cooling system after leaving its main door open overnight for ventilation, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, spokesman for the Nuclear Industry and Safety Agency.

Japan won't abandon nuclear power 2011

The government has been reviewing the safety of the country's 54 atomic reactors since a March 11 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in the north.

Japan won't abandon nuclear power 2011

The loss of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, crippled by the March 11 tsunami, means electricity could be in short supply around the nation's capital during especially hot days.

Japan asks workers to dress cool to save energy 2011

"The aim of this action would be diversification of Japan's foreign reserves and helping China make its currency more internationally popular," said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute.

Japan Considers Buying Chinese Bonds Takashi Nakamichi 2011

The magnitude 9.0 quake and the massive tsunami that followed damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, causing the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, and left 24,000 people are dead or missing.

Japan's PM under pressure 2011

An anti-nuclear activist crashed through a locked gate at the second Fukushima power plant today after being thwarted from driving into the radiation-leaking Dai-ichi complex a few miles away, the plants' operator reports.

Activist crashes gate at 2nd Fukushima nuke facility; failed at crippled plant 2011

Radiation within 12 miles of the leaking Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant has prevented the recovery of about 1,000 victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Kyodo News reports.

Radiation leaves 1,000 tsunami bodies near nuke plant off-limits 2011

Workers are racing to find the source of contaminated water that has been pooling in the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Japan seeks French, U.S. expertise in nuclear crisis 2011

About 50 minutes earlier, Watanabe allegedly tried to crash the front gate of the Dai-ichi complex, about 6 miles north of Daini, but TEPCO workers blocked him.

Activist crashes gate at 2nd Fukushima nuke facility; failed at crippled plant 2011

The March earthquake and tsunami left 24,000 people dead or missing, and left tens of thousands of others living in evacuation centers — including residents near Fukushima Dai-ichi whose homes were intact but still had to leave to avoid risks of radiation exposure.

Japan nuclear plant to get radioactive water tanks 2011