British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor, George Osborne, this week delivered a Budget that was unambiguous in backing business to lead the nation out of the economic doldrums.

What a difference a week makes. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, clean-up workers are already making a difference. The feat of engineering and efficiency could be an inspiration for Cantabrians.

Two workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered injuries when their feet came in contact with radioactive elements while laying electrical cables in one unit, said Fumio Matsuda, a spokesman for the Nuclear and Industr

New Zealand officials are organising for iodine tables to be stockpiled at the nation's embassy in Tokyo.

Workers loaded trucks with boxes of bottled water to distribute across the city today after residents cleared store shelves following warnings that Tokyo's tap water had elevated radiation coming from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear complex

Herald reporter Michael Dickison, who is fluent in Japanese, reports from a remarkably changed Tokyo.

Herald reporter Michael Dickison has been travelling through the devastation on the coast of Japan. Yesterday, he visited Sendai.

Workers at the damaged nuclear plant in Japan are doing whatever is necessary to save the greater population.

Japan's magnitude-9 quake and tsunami damaged about 1500 roads, 48 bridges and 15 railways.

Add a fifth taste to sweet, sour, salty and bitter and you're in for a sensory treat.

Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said they were "resigned to death" when the 9-magnitude quake struck on March 11.

My anti-nuclear friends are having a field day debunking my myopic view that a modest nuclear power plant would sensibly take care of New Zealand's energy needs for the next 100 years.

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.

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 team members return to NZ today after a week searching for bodies in rubble and icy blizzards in 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.