Conservative Refocus I glanced at a popular post in Reddit and found this. So, what gives? Granted the birth rates have dropped measurably since WWII for reasons aplenty. But what could have caused this one year statistical plunge? Did it have some… more »

Tokyo (CNN) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Japanese Meteorological Agency issued a brief tsunami advisory, warning of a half-meter wave. The tsunami advisory was called… more »

The Wall Street Journal / By YUKA HAYASHI   TOKYO—A year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan's northeast and set off the world's worst nuclear accident in a quarter century, many Japanese will spend Sunday solemnly… more »

Japan's government estimates the amount of radioactive caesium-137 released by the Fukushima nuclear disaster so far is equal to that of 168 Hiroshima bombs. UK Telegraph Government nuclear experts, however, said the World War II bomb blast a… more »

By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A major earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Sunday, prompting tsunami advisories that were later canceled, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Small tsunamis were observed along the coast, measuring… more »