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RI voices need for regional cooperation in handling disasters

Indonesia has voiced the need for regional cooperation in dealing with natural disasters in Asia and Pacific. ...

Radiation level falls in Tokyo: city government

The level of radiation in Tokyo fell Tuesday afternoon after rising above normal levels in the morning due to ...

VP Boediono: sound cooperation in disaster responses needed in Aspac

Sound regional cooperation in natural disaster responses among Asia Pacific rim countries is highly needed, Indonesian ...

Twenty-one Indonesian sailors in Japan survive tsunami

Twenty-one Indonesian sailors working on the Japanese vessel Kayomaru survived the powerful earthquake and tsunami ...

North Sulawesi one of RI`s earthquake-prone regions

North Sulawesi province is one of Indonesia`s earthquake-prone regions as geographically it is surrounded by a number ...

Japanese minister attends ARF DiREx despite disaster at home

Japan`s Deputy Foreign Minister Makiko Kikuta attended the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster ...

Radiation fears spark panic buying, evacuations in Tokyo

Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of ...

Flight ban imposed within 30km of Fukushima nuclear plant

The transport ministry banned aircraft on Tuesday from flying within 30 kilometers of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...

2,000 bodies found in quake-hit region: media

Searchers have found 2,000 bodies in Japan`s quake-hit Miyagi region, public broadcaster NHK and other media Monday ...

President chairs cabinet meeting on inflation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday chaired a plenary cabinet meeting to discuss ways of controlling ...

President opens IACA conference

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the International Association for Court Administrator (IACA) Asia-Pacific ...

Quake moved Japan by 8 feet: USGS

Japan`s recent massive earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, appears to have moved the island by about eight ...

Japan`s tsunami survivors voice nuclear fears

Stunned survivors of Japan`s quake and tsunami catastrophe confronted a deadly new threat Saturday -- the spectre of a ...

Blast heard at sicken nuclear reactor in Japan, 4 injured

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Saturday that an explosion was heard near one of its stricken nuclear reactors ...

Indonesia Embassy sends evacuation teams to Miyagi, Iwate

The Indonesian embassy in Tokyo said on its website it had sent two rescue teams to Miyagi and Iwate prefectures on ...