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Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2003 shows the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The Self-Defense Forces poured water onto the reactor on March 17, 2011, in an attempt to cool down its apparently overheating spent fuel pool to prevent the release of radiation.

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize over a crisis at its nuclear power plants in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture in a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. The No. 2 reactor at the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant lost cooling functions and the reactor's fuel rods were briefly fully exposed earlier in the day, indicating the critical situation of the reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating.

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Sony to recall 440,000 VAIO TZ laptops worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. will recall about 440,000 VAIO TZ series of laptop computers (file photo) from around the world for free repairs of defects that could cause overheating, the company said on Sept. 4. According to Sony, seven people at home and abroad have sustained burns due to overheating.

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Chubachi traces battery overheating to lack of crisis management

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Ryoji Chubachi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 1.

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Competition to sell thin TV sets overheating

OSAKA, Japan - Some 250 thin TV sets are on display at Yodobashi Camera Co.'s Multimedia Umeda store in Osaka's Kita Ward.

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Mitsubishi Electric to recall defective TV sets

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Okusa, executive director of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., bows in a gesture of apology at the beginning of a news conference Sept. 12, where the company announced it will recall about 100,000 television sets which it said could catch fire from overheating of parts.

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Chemical leak in U.S. California forces resident evacuation, freeway closure

STORY: Chemical leak in U.S. California forces resident evacuation, freeway closure DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of the traffic STORYLINE: A serious chemical leak accident forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes in Perris, 122 kilometers east of Los Angeles downtown Friday morning and prompted the closure of the 215 Freeway in both directions. Local NBC 4 news channel reported that Cal Fire Riverside County received a call about the chemical leak around 7:40 p.m. Thursday local time, when someone discovered a large plume of smoke coming from a rail car along the railway running parallel to the freeway in the town with over 77,000 residents. Officials identified the leaking chemical as styrene, saying some kind of chemical reaction inside the tank occurred when the chemical used in latex, synthetic rubber and polystyrene resins was stored in an overheating situation. Typically, styrene sits

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Chubachi traces battery overheating to lack of crisis management

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Ryoji Chubachi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 1. (Kyodo)

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Sony to recall 440,000 VAIO TZ laptops worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. will recall about 440,000 VAIO TZ series of laptop computers (file photo) from around the world for free repairs of defects that could cause overheating, the company said on Sept. 4. According to Sony, seven people at home and abroad have sustained burns due to overheating. (Kyodo)

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Solar plane suspends global flight until 2016

File photo taken in June 2015 shows the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane leaving Nagoya, central Japan, for Hawaii. The plane, circumnavigating the globe, has suspended its journey and will stay in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to batteries from overheating, the Swiss organization operating the flight said on its website on July 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Overheating China sparks electricity shortage

NINGBO, China - Workers at a Japanese clothing company in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, use their own electric fans to cool off as the air-conditioning is limited due to an electricity shortage. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2003 shows the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The Self-Defense Forces poured water onto the reactor on March 17, 2011, in an attempt to cool down its apparently overheating spent fuel pool to prevent the release of radiation. (Kyodo)

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Dousing operation at Fukushima nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter more than 30 kilometers away shows the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture before a dousing operation began on March 17, 2011. The Self-Defense Forces poured water onto the No. 3 reactor on March 17, 2011, in an attempt to cool down its apparently overheating spent fuel pool to prevent the release of radiation. At front left is the No. 2 reactor with the building housing the reactor remains. To its left is the No. 2 rector with white smoke billowing from it. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Electric execs' apology

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Sakae Muto (R) and other executives of Japan's largest power utility bow to apologize over a crisis at its nuclear power plants in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture in a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. The No. 2 reactor at the company's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant lost cooling functions and the reactor's fuel rods were briefly fully exposed earlier in the day, indicating the critical situation of the reactor's core beginning to melt due to overheating. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo stocks tumble

A stock market monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending about 650 points below the previous day's close on June 11, 2020, with investors locking in gains as concern about the market's overheating grew in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal to maintain near zero interest rates until the end of 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks tumble

A stock market monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending about 650 points below the previous day's close on June 11, 2020, with investors locking in gains as concern about the market's overheating grew in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal to maintain near zero interest rates until the end of 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks tumble

A stock market monitor in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending about 650 points below the previous day's close on June 11, 2020, with investors locking in gains as concern about the market's overheating grew in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal to maintain near zero interest rates until the end of 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Electric to recall defective TV sets

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Okusa, executive director of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., bows in a gesture of apology at the beginning of a news conference Sept. 12, where the company announced it will recall about 100,000 television sets which it said could catch fire from overheating of parts.