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The amount of radiation that leaked from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in the first week after the disastrous tsunami struck is more than double the original estimate, according to the country’s nuclear safety agency.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be honored on Tuesday at the White House with America's highest civilian award.

An unusual signal has been detected by the seismic monitoring station at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's research facility on Barro Colorado Island.

With the PlayStation Store reactivated and back online after falling victim to a series of well-coordinated cyber assaults, Sony finally introduced its Welcome Back program on Friday to placate the thousands of angry clients.

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Squabbling continued in Japan's ruling party after Prime Minister Naoto Kan refused to step down, angering rivals who had voted down a no-confidence motion in return for a promise he would quit.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, facing a no-confidence vote in the parliament said on Thursday that he would resign after solving nuclear crisis and other disaster related issues, reported Reuters quoting local media. Kan’s statement would raise the chances of him surviving a no-confidence vote later in the day and quell a party rebellion.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company had underestimated the risks a tsunami can cause to the nuclear installations in the country. The latest IAEA report validates WikiLeaks revelations that IAEA had warned Japanese authorities about the risk of a strong earthquake.

Japan has underestimated the tsunami hazards for its nuclear power and needs to keep an eye on public and worker’s health, a U.N nuclear safety team in Japan said in a summary of its report on the nuclear crisis, Reuters reported.

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan may face votes for a no-confidence motion against him from dozens of Japanese ruling party rebels, media said on Wednesday.

Amid growing pressure to step down from his post, Japan prime minister Naoto Kan said on Tuesday he wants to continue with his post to resolve the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The pressure on the unpopular Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan increased as the ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa hinted he will back a no-confidence motion against Kan, if he refuses to quit.

Germany will phase out all nuclear plants in the country by 2022, the coalition government announced on Monday.

Germany will shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022, parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government agreed on Monday, in a reaction to Japan's Fukushima disaster that marks a drastic policy reversal, said a Reuters report.

The crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan hit by another blow as the system to cool the nuclear reactor and fuel pool has stopped at its No. 5 unit.

After the March 11 disaster crisis, the Japanese people seem to have lost their confidence on Prime Minister Naoto Kan. While 70 percent of Japanese voters want a replacement for Kan, nearly half of them think he should continue as the PM.

Japan's ruling party power broker Ichiro Ozawa is ready to challenge Prime Minister Naoto Kan, adding to the pressure on the unpopular leader as he struggles with the nuclear crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The United States will help Japan as it copes with the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, and tries to rebuild its state, President Barack Obama said on Thursday, soothing a rift between the two allies over the atomic disaster.

Experts from the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to study the nuclear situation in Japan's Fukushima Nuclear plant, IAEA said in a statement.

Tokyo Electric Power Corp. admitted that more than one reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March.

The tremors of Japan’s earthquake and hacking attacks will cost Sony ¥14 billion (US$170 million) in this financial year, Sony said, reports say.