Martin Fackler

Japan Weighed Evacuating Tokyo in Nuclear Crisis

Workers in the village of Iitate, about 20 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, during an experimental decontamination effort, in Japan, January 15, 2012. (Photo: Ko Sasaki / …

By: Martin Fackler ,

February 28, 2012

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Kim Jong-il’s Enigmatic Young Son Steps Forward, or Seems To

Tokyo — With the abrupt death of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, the fate of his isolated, nuclear-armed regime has dropped into the hands of his youngest son, …

By: Martin Fackler ,

December 19, 2011

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Japan’s Prime Minister Fires Three Nuclear Energy Officials

Tokyo - Prime Minister Naoto Kan removed three top officials in charge of Japanese nuclear energy policy on Thursday, taking aim at cozy ties between regulators and the power …

By: Martin Fackler ,

August 4, 2011

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Fatal Radiation Level Found at Japanese Plant

The empty streets of Minamisoma, a city near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that many residents have fled, in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan, March 18, 2011. (Photo: …

By: Martin Fackler ,

August 2, 2011

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Life in Limbo for Japanese Near Nuclear Plant

Tenei, Japan - For seven generations, Yoshitoshi Sewa and his ancestors have tilled this farm in a gently curving valley filled with green rice paddies. But now he will …

By: Martin Fackler &; Matthew L Wald ,

May 2, 2011

Explosion Rocks Japan Nuclear Plant After Quake

Tokyo - An explosion at a crippled nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building and caused a radiation leak of unspecified proportions, …

By: Matthew L Wald &; Martin Fackler ,; TheNewYorkTimes|Report

March 12, 2011

Huge Quake and Tsunami Hit Japan

Tokyo - An earthquake of 8.9. magnitude struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, the strongest ever recorded in the country. The quake churned up a devastating tsunami …

By: Martin Fackler &; Kevin Drew ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService|Report

March 11, 2011

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