PRIME Minister Naoto Kan promised yesterday he would “never abandon” survivors of Japan’s tsunami as he tried to focus attention on the future, despite a high-stakes battle at a nuclear plant.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan paid another visit to Japan’s tsunami-devastated coast today, promising officials in a fishing-dependent city that his government will do whatever it can to help.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD woman and her teenage grandson were miraculously rescued yesterday in north-eastern Japan.

Plans to vent radioactive gas at one of the reactors at Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear complex have been scrapped after the plant's operators said the pressure inside has stabilised.

IT took just minutes for the earthquake and tsunami to devastate Japan’s northeast. Rebuilding will take years — if it can be afforded.

CANNED goods, batteries, bread and bottled water have vanished from store shelves and long lines of cars circle petrol stations as Japan grapples with a new risk set off by last week’s earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis: panic-buying.

A strong earthquake shook north-eastern Japan today, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.