Place: Tokai

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Letter from Japan: Japan rebuilds and adapts, why can't the World Cup?

Perspective has never been far away on this trip, wonderful though it has been.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2019

Test suggests breaking light speed was no fluke

SCIENTISTS are becoming more confident that they will be able to contradict Einstein’s assertion that nothing can travel faster than light, after carrying out another test.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2011

Shutdown at nuclear plant

JAPAN’S prime minister Naoto Kan ordered the suspension of operations at an ageing nuclear power plant south-west of Tokyo because it is located close to a dangerous tectonic faultline.

Sat, 07 May, 2011

Tsunami warning in Japan after fresh quake

A MAJOR aftershock rocked north-east Japan yesterday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month’s huge quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.

Fri, 08 Apr, 2011