Japan

The US Forces, Japan, had no immediate comment

Utility Kyushu Electric Power turns on reactor at Sendai, about 1,000 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, at 10:30 am

Restart comes four and a half years after quake-sparked tsunami triggered meltdowns at Fukushima plant

The pope urged humanity "to forever renounce war and ban nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction

Chinese paper criticises Japan for commemorating the atomic bombing without highlighting its own wartime aggression

US also passed on the acquired information to Australia, Canada, Great Britain and New Zealand

Deceased, Fumio Okubo was the oldest resident of Iitate village 40 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi plant

None of his fellow members reportedly gave him water or treatment until they called an ambulance four hours later

The proposal is expected to go to lower chamber for voting today

Meteorological agency gave tsunami warning after the tremor hit some 210 kilometres off a northern island.

Hundred and twenty-eight students from across Karachi volunteer for one week at institute.