TEHRAN (Tasnim) Workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant started removing fuel rods from a storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor building. The delicate operation is seen as a necessary step in stabilising the site. It will take more than two days to remove the first 22 fuel rods from the pond, plant operator Tepco says. Overall,...

Japan says it welcomes foreign assistance and expertise in containing radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that his country needs your knowledge and expertise in handling the nuclear crisis, Kyodo News quoted the premier as saying at an international science conference in Kyoto....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Japan voiced anger over cartoons published in a French newspaper that took aim at the decision to award the 2020 Olympics to Tokyo despite the on-going nuclear crisis at Fukushima. The satirical jabs give the wrong impression about Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, said on Thursday, AlJazeera reported. The government ...