A year on from the Japanese earthquake

A magnitude 7.4 quake which struck 285km off the Tongan coast sparked off some false alerts of earthquakes off the East Coast.

Doctor Tom Mulholland, familiar to viewers of TV1's Good Morning Show and The Attitude Doctor which screened on TV2, is heading to this years Celebrity Oyster Eating race at the Bluff Oyster & Food Festival with revenge on his mind. Dr Tom participated in the Oyster Eating races at the Festival several years ago and has some unfinished business. "I was winning everything until the finals. When I tried to whistle (a requirement to ensure competitors have devoured their succulent Bluff Oysters) I sprayed a television camera," he laughs. He returns to this years Festival, scheduled for Saturday 25 May, ready to complete the task this time.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that one reactor was sitting directly above an active tectonic fault, effectively ruling out a restart forever.

TOKYO (AFP) - A record 923,000 foreigners travelled to Japan in April, up 18.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani politician Imran Khan left hospital Wednesday, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at a rally for the country's general election, where his party scored a major breakthrough.

TOKYO (AFP) - Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, a local official said Wednesday.

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with b...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades.

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting the challenges confron...

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with ba...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama has bided his time since becoming an amateur sensation, but the newly professional 21-year-old says he is now ready to take on the US PGA Tour and work towards a major title.

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports are expected to have risen in April from a year earlier for a second straight month led by U.S.-bound shipments of cars and Asian ...

Social media giant Facebook and the Automobile Association’s Roadwatch website are two of the latest tools to be adopted by Northland’s Civil Defence officials to help provide information during winter storm events and other emergencies.

TOKYO (AFP) - US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said Monday it will start investing in Japanese renewable energy projects, with a reported $2.9 billion outlay over the next five years.

SANTIAGO (AFP) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued or reports of casualties or significant damage.

TAIPEI (AFP) - Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei on Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis.

In the halcyon days of the late 1950s, down at Scarborough beach where the surf limped in like rolling hills of some undiscovered country, Len Dibben caught his first wave.

GENEVA (AFP) - Hope and human resilience are the guiding themes of the new permanent exhibit at Geneva's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, which will finally re-open its doors this week after a nearly two-year makeover.