• Earthquake, Tsunami Rock Japan
Photos: Quake shakes Japan

A powerful earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast rattled buildings in Tokyo and triggered small waves.

Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake

A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports

Japan utility agrees nuclear crisis was avoidable

The utility behind Japan's nuclear disaster acknowledged for the first time Friday that it could have avoided the crisis.

Japan's nuclear leaks sparked butterfly mutations

Radiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear plant following last year's tsunami caused mutations in some butterflies — including dented eyes and stunted wings — though humans

Japan utility releases videos from nuclear crisis

Newly released videos taken during the crisis last year at Japan's crippled nuclear plant show the emergency command center shaking violently when hydrogen

Workers start cutting up Oregon tsunami dock

With a crowd of spectators lounging in lawn chairs and snapping photos, workers on Wednesday started cutting up the boxcar-sized Japanese dock that was torn

Crowds rally in Tokyo for end to nuclear power

Tens of thousands of people rallied at a Tokyo park Monday demanding that Japan abandon nuclear power as the country prepares to restart another reactor shut

Japan utility repairing reactors near Fukushima

The operator of Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant says it is repairing four reactors at a less-damaged nearby plant despite demands from local residents

1st Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis

Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of

First fishing catch sells since nuclear disaster

The first seafood caught off Japan's Fukushima coastline since last year's nuclear disaster went on sale Monday, but the offerings were limited to octopus and

Japan PM says 2 nuke reactors must be restarted

Japan's leader appealed to the nation Friday to accept that two nuclear reactors that remained shuttered after the Fukushima disaster must be restarted to

Cell phones monitoring radiation to sell in Japan

Worries over radiation are so rampant in Japan after last year's nuclear meltdowns that the world's first cell phones with built-in radiation monitors are

Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US

Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles

Magnitude-6.1 earthquake shakes northeastern Japan

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, but no tsunami is expected.

Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada

It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400

Boy glad football lost in tsunami found in Alaska

A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska.

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Photos: Japan quake spawns tsunami

Boats, cars, homes and people have been swept away by a powerful tsunami …

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Videos: First hand accounts of quake

Take a look at some first hand video accounts of the quake.