Changing lifestyles and population growth mean that we're producing more rubbish, faster than ever before. This week we take a look at some of the most exceptional and challenging responses to managing waste.
Paris’s world renowned Louvre art gallery announced on Friday it is to send numerous works of art to Japan in a gesture of solidarity with the country 10 months after it was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.
A 14-year-old Indonesian girl who was swept away in the devastating 2004 tsunami has been reunited with her family after seven years, her parents said Friday.
Japan has announced that the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant could take up to 40 years to decommission. A March 11 earthquake and tsunami caused radiation leaks that forced more than 100,000 people living near the plant to evacuate.
The tsunami-devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced on Friday.
China tells the EU it's time for payback and asks for market status in exchange for its help with the debt crisis. Also, the combined effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident are being felt by an ever-growing number of people in Japan. Finally, North Korea tries its hand at organising cruises - but don’t expect room service!
While millions paused to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, residents in Japan on Sunday paused for a moment of silence to reflect on the six-month anniversary of the tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster.
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (pictured) confirmed his intention to resign as ruling party leader on Friday after coming under fire for his response to March's devastating earthquake and tsunami, followed by the Fukushima nuclear power crisis.
Japan's disaster reconstruction minister, Ryu Matsumoto, resigned Tuesday after just a week on the job, having been criticised for offending locals and officials on a visit to a tsunami-stricken area.
Thousands of people staged anti-nuclear rallies in cities across Japan Saturday, as the country marks three months since the devastating earthquake and ensuing Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster.
