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Five people washed away off US coast by Japan tsunami
Washington, Mar 12: Five people have reportedly been washed off the US coast by the massive earthquake-cum-tsunami in Japan.They were swept out to sea in Crescent City, northern California, The...
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Tectonic plates' movement caused Japan quake, tsunami
Washington, March 12 : The devastating earthquake that shook Japan was caused by movement of massive tectonic plates that thrust one below the other and forced the seabed and ocean upwards, triggering...
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Hindus call for prayers for Japan quake-tsunami victims
Nevada (US), Mar 13 : Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, called for prayers for the victims of Friday''s devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent...
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Japan quake aftershocks could go on for years, says expert
Washington, March 13 : An expert has warned that people in Japan should brace for aftershocks from devastating earthquake because it could go on for years, though they''d get weaker as time goes on.Dr....
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US Senator wants brakes on nuke power plants until Japan tsunami ramification...
Washington, Mar 14 : US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has said that the Obama administration must put brakes, if not stops, on nuclear power plants in the country till they understand the ramification of...
View ArticleObama rules out radiation from Japan harming US
Washington, Mar. 18: President Barack Obama has said that he did not expect harmful levels of radiation from Japan to reach the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U. S. territories.Obama said: " I do not...
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Japan’s nuclear plant’s radioactive plume reaches U.S., but experts assure no...
Washington, Mar 19: A very low level radioactive plume from the earthquake-cum-tsunami affected nuclear complex in Japan has reportedly been detected in Sacramento, US, but health experts are of the...
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Researchers help map Japan’s tsunami and earthquake damage
Washington, Mar 25: Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, are currently processing satellite images of areas in Japan that were recently affected in a 9.0 magnitude earthquake...
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Japan nuclear crisis far from over: IAEA chief
Washington, Mar. 27 : The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, has said that Japan was "still far from the end of the accident" at its Fukushima nuclear...
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Radiation from Japan detected in US city
Washington, March 29 : Tiny amounts of an isotope, Iodine 131, from Japan have been detected in rainwater samples collected from the roof of a campus building in Cleveland, US.Gerald Matisoff,...
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Japan’s nuke plant radiation traces detected in US
Washington, Mar 29: Low levels of radiation from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have now been detected in 13 US states and three union territories, said country's federal and local...
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US allows Japan to delay decision on trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
Washington, Mar. 31: Keeping in mind the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis in Japan, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that the US wouldl allow Japan to delay...
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Hilary Clinton to visit Japan next week
Washington, Apr. 7: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Japan late next week, to enhance bilateral cooperation on the sideline of the country's triple disaster.The US Government is...
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Japan to dismantle Fukushima Daiichi plant owner after crisis is averted: Report
Washington, Apr 16: The Japanese Government is reportedly set to dismantle the Tokyo Electric Power Co. after it fixes the damage at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, according to a secret...
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US-India nuke ties will maintain momentum inspite of Japan nuke crisis: Official
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, US), Apr. 27 : A senior official of the Obama administration has said that while there will be a discussion in Washington and New Delhi on nuclear safety issues in the wake...
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First large observational study of Japan earthquake released
Washington, May 20 : Using observations from a dense regional geodetic network, globally distributed broadband seismographic networks, and open-ocean tsunami data, researchers have begun to construct...
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Japanese supercomputer is the most powerful
Washington, June 20 : A Japanese supercomputer named 'K' - capable of making 8.2 quadrillion calculations per second or equivalent to a million laptops working in tandem - has been named the most...
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US, Japan to promote trilateral dialogue with India
Washington, June 22 : Welcoming India "as a strong and enduring Asia-Pacific partner", the US and Japan have said they would promote a trilateral dialogue among the three nations.The two sides "welcome...
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Radar could be key in detecting early tsunami warnings
Washington, August 17: The high-frequency radar that detected the devastating March 11 tsunami as it swept toward the coasts of California and Japan could form part of new early warning systems,...
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Obama calls new Japan PM
Washington, Sep 2 : US President Barack Obama Thursday called Japan's new Prime Minister-elect Yoshihiko Noda to congratulate him on his election and stress on the friendship between the two countries,...
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