Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

HIROO, Japan - A government team led by Tatsuo Sato (R), senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, inspect part of a road that caved in at Tokachi port in Hiroo in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 27, one day after two major earthquakes hit the region.

Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

Gov't team surveys damage from Hokkaido quakes

HIROO, Japan - A government team led by Tatsuo Sato (R), senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, inspect part of a road that caved in at Tokachi port in Hiroo in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on Sept. 27, one day after two major earthquakes hit the region. (Kyodo)