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TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear crisis verged toward catastrophe on Tuesday, after an explosion at one crippled reactor damaged its crucial steel containment structure and a fire at another reactor spewed large amounts of radioactive material into the air, according to official statements and industry executives informed about the... 

The Japanese government has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send in experts to help with their battle to stop three damaged nuclear reactors going into meltdown. They sought outside expertise after water levels dropped precipitously inside one nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely... 

Fearing the possible risk of contamination as Japan confronts a post-quake nuclear emergency, foreigners have begun a slow exodus from Tokyo, though some are maintaining a stiff upper lip.  Several European nations have advised their citizens to consider leaving the Japanese capital following two blasts at a quake-damaged atomic...