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In the aftermath of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the incidences at the Daiichi plant in Fukushima Prefecture are being called the second worst nuclear disaster seen yet. That's according to Stephen I.

Updated at: 2:49 pm on 3/14/2011As if the one-two punch from last week’s earthquake and tsunami weren’t enough to deal with, another element stands to rock Japan’s core: a nuclear meltdown.

There are fears of a third potential explosion at a nuclear plant in northeast Japan following Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Officials say the fuel rods in one reactor were fully exposed after it lost its ability to cool down.

Japanese officials are struggling to contain a nuclear crisis triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation Friday.

The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami could exceed 10,000 in one northeastern state alone, an official said Sunday, as National Broadcaster NHK reported that one nuclear plant suffered a partial meltdown.Meanwhile millions of survivors of the quake were left without drinking water, electr

As Japanese-Americans in the Chicago area struggled to reach their friends and loved ones in and around the devastation in Japan, several local organizations began relief efforts.

A massive earthquake has struck Japan. In magnitude, the 8.9 quake was the largest ever in Japan’s history. It set off a 23-foot tsunami and more than 50 aftershocks. Chicagoan Roberto Montano joins us by phone from Tokyo.