Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Naoto Kan published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 32
» View latimes.com items only
1
2
3
•
Next >
-
Report: Japan, utility at fault for response to nuclear disaster
World NowJapan's response to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was flawed by poor communication and delays in releasing data on dangerous radiation leaks, a government-appointed investigative panel has found.... -
Independent panel to probe Japan nuclear disaster
World NowNuclear meltdown: A scientific panel appointed by the Japanese government will conduct an independent investigation of last March's nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.... -
Japanese officials kept nuclear report on evacuations secret
World NowJapan, nuclear, tsunami, earthquake, Fukushima: Japanese officials hushed up a government report last year warning that tens of millions of people might need to evacuate if the Fukushima nuclear crisis took a turn for the worse, the Associated Press... -
Japan still struggling to restore power to cool down reactors
Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew Saturday to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and...Tags: Symptoms, Employees, Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Nuclear Accidents
-
Japan's nuclear crisis widens
A fresh explosion rocked a crippled nuclear complex as rescuers from around the world converged on Japan's devastated earthquake zone, searching for survivors and ministering to the sick and hungry. With the death toll expected to ultimately reach the...Tags: Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo Electric Power Co., World War II (1939-1945), Nuclear Power
-
Japan faces soaring number of feared dead
The number of missing and feared dead in Japan's epic earthquake soared Sunday as a reeling nation struggled to contain an unprecedented nuclear crisis, pluck people in tsunami-inundated areas to safety, quell raging blazes and provide aid to hundreds...Tags: U.S. Military, Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Health and Safety at Work, Nuclear Power
-
Japan nuclear crisis worsens as damage feared to reactor containment vessel
An explosion Tuesday at the Unit 2 reactor at a Fukushima power plant may have damaged the reactor's inner containment vessel, the most serious development yet in the ongoing crisis at the severely damaged facility. Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns...Tags: Employees, Tokyo (Japan), Career and Workplace, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Health and Safety at Work
-
Quake plunges Japan into fear, hardship
Los Angeles TimesJapan's most punishing earthquake on record and the devastating tsunami it triggered plunged the heart of the densely populated island nation into an apocalyptic scene of blazing buildings, cratered highways, waterborne rubble and frenzied efforts to...Tags: Road Transportation, Politics, Employees, Tokyo (Japan), Health and Safety at Work
-
Japan earthquake, tsunami death toll rises to 1,000, reports say
Los Angeles TimesJapanese media reported at least 1,000 people are presumed dead from Friday's massive 8.9 earthquake, most drowned by the wall of water that swept across the northeast coast of the island nation. Thousands of others were stranded on rooftops,...Tags: Politics, Emergency Planning, Fukushima Prefecture (Japan), Elections, Foreign Aid
-
8.9 quake kills hundreds in Japan
Hundreds are dead after the worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean, threatening everything...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Entertainment, Nuclear Power, Japan, Travel
-
Four reactors at Fukushima nuclear complex will have to be scrapped, utility chairman says
The chairman of the utility that runs the crippled Fukushima power plant on Wednesday said the facility's four tsunami-battered reactors would have to be scrapped, and he apologized to the Japanese public for the nuclear disaster. Tsunehisa Katsumata,...Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Akihito
-
|Story
Dec 27, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Jan 17, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Jan 26, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Mar 19, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 13, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 12, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 11, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 11, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 30, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 5, 2011
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Naoto Kan topic gallery.
