• Full Coverage: Japan Earthquake, Tsunami
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.

Photos: World's No. 2 tower shows off views

The Tokyo Skytree is the world's second-tallest structure.

Coast Guard guns sink ship adrift since Japan tsunami

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of

Coast Guard plans to go ahead, sink Japanese ship

A Canadian fishing vessel that claimed salvage rights over a Japanese ghost ship will not tow it, clearing the way Thursday for the U.S. Coast Guard to go ahead with plans to sink

Storm with typhoon-strength winds kills 4 in Japan

A powerful storm with typhoon-strength winds and heavy rain halted air and train traffic in Tokyo and killed four people around the country, officials said.

Japan opening part of nuke no-go zone for 1st time

Japan is opening part of the evacuation zone around its leaking nuclear power plant for the first time since last year's disasters, allowing up to 16,000

Japan reactor has fatally high radiation, no water

One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination Tuesday

Strong quake hits northern Japan, no tsunami risk

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday evening's earthquake recorded 6.4 preliminary magnitude. The agency said there may be a small change in sea levels

Tsunami-tossed boat spotted near Canada

A large fishing vessel swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year has been spotted adrift off British Columbia in western Canada.

Strong quakes shake Japan, but no apparent damage

A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeast Japan late Wednesday evening, but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year's

One year ago: Tsunami strikes Japan

Boats, cars, homes and people were swept away by a powerful tsunami on March 11, 2011.

Japan barely improves nuclear regulatory system

There is little to suggest that the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl has brought substantially new thinking to nuclear regulation in Japan or

Health uncertainties torment Japanese in nuke zone

Radiation is still leaking from the now-closed Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, though at a slower pace than it did in the weeks after the March 11

Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success

Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a

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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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Photos: Cute cheetah cubs

Two cheetah cubs have been transported to the National Zoo to be raised by hand.

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