Topic: Miyagi Prefecture

Japan earthquake today: Tsunami warning lifted, but Fukushima evacuated

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook northeast Japan late Thursday. A tsunami warning was issued, then lifted for the coast, already devastated by last month's massive quake and the tsunami that crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Major magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes off Japan coast

The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to 6 feet for a coastal area already torn apart by last month's tsunami.

Kan says Japan on 'maximum alert,' but plutonium fears may be overblown

Low levels of plutonium found in soil near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant do not appear to indicate that the crisis is worse than previously thought.

Opinion: Japan's nuclear crisis pales in comparison to destruction from global climate change

As horrific as nuclear meltdowns are, they pale in significance to the global meltdown of climate change. The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reminds us of the mortal threat we pose to the living earth itself. The good news? We can do something about that crisis.

Another earthquake shakes Japan, Fukushima evacuated: a nuclear timeline

A month after the March 11, a 9.0 earthquake triggered a 30-foot tsunami that damaged several nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan, causing the country's worst crisis since World War II, a 7.4 temblor shook the country again.

Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping

Japan has received offers of assistance from 14 international organizations and 102 countries (including a number of unexpected aid donors such as embattled Afghanistan and poverty-stricken Cambodia), according to the latest report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Japan has accepted help, mostly in the form of search and rescue teams, from 15 countries. Here is an overview of some of the help pouring into Japan as it struggles to dig out from Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.

Aflac duck voice: Great quack. Bad tweets.

Aflac duck voice – a.k.a. comedian Gilbert Gottfried – gets fired after tasteless tweets about Japan disaster. Casting to begin for new Aflac duck voice.

Japan earthquake and tsunami: narrow escapes

Some 30,000 people have been rescued as search operations continue following Japan's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11. Amazing stories of survival and hope are still emerging. Here are just a few examples:

Explosion destroys building at nuclear power plant in Japan

Japanese officials said the blast destroyed the building but that the reactor housing was still intact.

Japan earthquake shuts nuclear power plants, leaves residents in dark

At least a dozen nuclear power plants have shut down across the country and millions of buildings around Tokyo were left without power from the Japan earthquake.

Japan tsunami causes major damage after 8.9 earthquake

Japan tsunami: A massive 8.9 earthquake has struck northern Japan. Tsunami warnings have been issued for Japan and Russia, and a tsunami watch has been issued for Hawaii and other Pacific island nations in the region.

In amazing show of athleticism, Obama kills housefly in mid-air