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Japan disaster: Plant workers 'resigned to death'
Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said they were "resigned to death" when the 9-magnitude quake struck on March 11.
Japan: Woman, 80, boy rescued after nine days
An 80-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy have been rescued from a badly damaged house in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, nine days after the magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami ravaged the area, the Japan Times reports.
Japan disaster: Barrage of threats adds to confusion in disaster region
Herald reporter Michael Dickison grew up in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. He returned last week to report on the ravaged countryside of his other homeland
Kiwi rescue heroes home from Japan
Exhausted search and rescue workers are home, after nearly a month working in Christchurch and then Japan.
Kiwi team exhausted after week in Japan
Kiwi rescue team members return to NZ today after a week searching for bodies in rubble and icy blizzards in Japan.
NZ team returning from Japan
New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue team is returning from earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan tomorrow. Teams from several other countries, have also completed their rescue missions.
Japanese in NZ desperate to extend visas
Visiting Japanese citizens are worried about returning home and are seeking ways to extend their stay.
A lonely drive north along the highway to desolation
Weekend Herald reporter Michael Dickison grew up in Japan and speaks the language fluently. After last week's earthquake he returned and filed this account of his odyssey through the ravaged countryside of his other homeland...
Anxious NZ parents waiting to make contact with son
The family of a Kiwi believed to be staying at an evacuation centre in Japan are still desperately waiting for details.
Pregnant NZer flees Japan after nuclear fears
A pregnant New Zealander living near a nuclear power plant in quake-stricken Japan has managed to flee to safety.
Father 'sick' until hearing son safe
The father of the last New Zealander who was missing in Japan until yesterday thought the chances of son Peter Setter being alive were "tipping in the wrong direction", until the wonderful news of his survival, in one of Japan's worst hit
Japan tsunami: Kiwis urged to escape possible catastrophe
Japan says crisis stabilised but others say 'worse than Chernobyl'
Japan tsunami: Snow adds to difficulties for NZ rescue team
Freezing temperatures accompany hunt for survivors in devastated coastal town
Consider leaving Tokyo, NZers told
The Government is urging New Zealanders to consider leaving parts of Japan badly hit by last week's destructive earthquake and tsunami, as well as moving further away from the damaged nuclear power plant on the eastern coast.
Missing Kiwi found alive and well
A Kiwi missing in Japan for whom authorities had "significant concerns" has been found alive and well, MFAT has confirmed.
Missing Kiwi's family still hopeful
A Hawke's Bay couple are desperate for news of their missing son who they fear may have died in the Japan disaster. Peter Setter, 45, is the only New Zealander in Japan who authorities have "significant concerns" about, following news
The Last Emperor?
For the Japanese to wheel out their Emperor to make a televised address on the nuclear crisis is virtually unprecedented.