Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2011 - Shares in beleaguered utility Tokyo Electric Power fell 9.26 percent by noon Monday in Tokyo trade after the company posted the biggest ever loss for a Japanese non-financial firm.
Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2011 - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan will look to reassure his G8 counterparts at the grouping's summit this week that Japan is winning the battle to stabilise the world's worst nuclear crisis for 25 years.
Berlin (UPI) May 23, 2011 - Germany threatens European energy security by pressing ahead with its plan to drop nuclear power, the director of the International Energy Agency, Nobuo Tanaka has said.
Vienna (AFP) May 22, 2011 - A team of experts from the UN atomic watchdog flew out to Tokyo from Vienna on Sunday to team up with other international experts investigating Japan's nuclear crisis.
Dottingen, Switzerland (AFP) May 22, 2011 - A demonstration in northern Switzerland against nuclear power drew thousands of people on Sunday ahead of a government decision on the future of atomic energy in the country.
Andechs, Germany (AFP) May 21, 2011 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that 2022 was a good time for Germany to end nuclear power, backing a proposal by the Bavarian wing of her party.
Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2011 - Masataka Shimizu's resignation as president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company marked an ignominious end to an otherwise stellar career at the utility spanning 43 years.
Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2011 - Tokyo Electric Power is expected to post an annual net loss of up to $18 billion due to the crisis at its crippled nuclear plant and announce the resignation of its president, reports said Friday.
Prague (AFP) May 19, 2011 - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Thursday that stress tests at European nuclear plants should be a purely technical and free of politics, as the European Union finds itself deadlocked over the issue.
Stockholm (AFP) May 18, 2011 - A former head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Hans Blix, said Wednesday he believed the development of nuclear power would continue despite Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant crisis, which he described as a bump in the road for the industry.
Tokyo (AFP) May 18, 2011 - Japanese government remarks calling on lenders to forgive some of Tokyo Electric Power's debt sparked acrimony and confusion, and illustrate difficulties in addressing a nuclear crisis, say analysts.
Tokyo (AFP) May 16, 2011 - Ratings agency Moody's on Monday again downgraded TEPCO, the operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, and warned the rating would remain on review for further possible action.
Yerevan (AFP) May 16, 2011 - International nuclear safety experts started to monitor an ex-Soviet reactor in earthquake-prone Armenia on Monday after concerns raised by the recent disaster in Japan, officials said.
Tokyo (AFP) May 14, 2011 - Japan shut down the final working reactor at a nuclear plant near a tectonic faultline Saturday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged a new law to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2011 - The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, on Friday began shutting down one of its two running reactors, a plant official said.
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2011 - The operator of Japan's ageing Hamaoka nuclear power plant, located near a tectonic faultline southwest of Tokyo, shut down one of its two running reactors on Friday, officials said.
