Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Mito, Japan, 10 October, Kyodo - Smoke filled a solid waste disposal facility at a nuclear power station in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture on Friday [10 October] morning, but no radioactive leakage, injuries or environmental damage have been reported, according to the operator and local government officials.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, 22 Kyodo - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 jolted the Kanto region and its vicinity on Friday, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukushima, Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.

Tokyo, March 5 (Jiji Press)--Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said Wednesday it will resume, in mid-March at the earliest, part of operations at an ethylene plant that was shut down due to a fire last December.

Tokyo, Jan. 7 (Jiji Press)--Police raided a Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. ethylene plant in eastern Japan Monday, looking into whether the company committed professional negligence in last month's fire that killed four workers.

Tokyo, Dec. 21 (Jiji Press)--A fire killed two workers at an ethylene plant in eastern Japan Friday, forcing operator Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. to shut it down. The two bodies remain to be identified. Four workers have been missing since the fire broke out at the No.