TOKYO (AFP) - The levels of radiation detected in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba fell back Tuesday after rising above normal levels possibly due to radiation emitted from a quake-hit nuclear power plant, officials said.Tokyo officials said they detected 0.809 of a micro-sievert between 10:00 and 11:00 am in the capital, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of the troubled Fukushima plant on the

TOKYO (AFP) - A fire has broken out at the number-four reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 atomic power plant and radiation levels have risen considerably, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday.

TOKYO (AFP) - Part of the container of a troubled nuclear reactor appears to be damaged, the Japanese government said early Tuesday, indicating possible serious radiation leaks.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters that "damage appears on the suppression pool" -- the bottom part of the container, which contains water used to cool down the reactor and control air pressure inside."But w

TOKYO (AFP) - An explosion was heard at another reactor of an earthquake-damaged nuclear power plant early Tuesday, the Japanese government said, according to local media.

The South Korean currency lost ground against the U.S. dollar on growing jitters over the impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, but the local stock market remained almost unscathed, analysts said.The local currency traded at 1,131.40 won to the dollar, down 7.2 won from Friday's close, as of 2:15 p.m. as investors sought safe assets in the aftermath of the 9.0-magnitude temblor and

TOKYO (AFP) - The death toll from the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, causing huge tsunamis along its Pacific coast, has reached 19, press reports said.The dead included a 67-year-old man crushed by a wall and an elderly woman killed by a fallen roof, both in the wider Tokyo area, press reports said.Three were crushed to death when their houses collapsed in Ibaraki prefe