Kan requests full closure of Hamaoka power plant Ap, Kyodo Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he instructed a utility to shut down a nuclear power plant in central Honshu because of concerns it might be compromised by major quake or tsun…

Tepco starts flooding No. 1 reactor vessel Nuclear fuel in core must be submerged by water to cool Kyodo Tepco on Friday started increasing the amount of water it is injecting into the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in ho…

Sony confirms personal info theft of all 77 million network users WASHINGTON — Sony Corp. has informed a U.S. congressional panel that personal information related to all 77 million users of its online services was stolen during a recent d…

The Spanish driver crossed the line in the Chinese Grand Prix in seventh place. Alonso now looks forward to a new phase with plenty of drive and enthusiasm. Fernando Alonso finished the Chinese Grand Prix in seventh place after a difficult…

Utilities got 68 ex-bureaucrats via 'amakudari' Kyodo The past 50 years have seen 68 former elite bureaucrats parachuting into top positions at the nation's 12 electricity suppliers after retiring from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and In…