Federal, state and tribal officials are attempting to track a large dock that was reported drifting off the coast of Washington state, one of potentially hundreds of objects that could wash up along the West Coast from the tsunami that struck Japan last year.

Federal, state and tribal officials are attempting to track a large dock that was reported drifting off the coast of Washington state, one of potentially hundreds of objects that could wash up along the West Coast from the tsunami that struck Japan last year.

Toshiba Corp. unveiled a robot Wednesday that the company says can withstand high radiation and help in nuclear disasters. But it remains unclear what exactly the new machine will be capable of doing if and when it gets the go-ahead to enter Japan's...

It may be a post office miracle -- a postcard from Japan recently arrived in Aberdeen at the office of Mayor Bill Simpson. It's from the town of Sapporo, where a victim of the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami is now living with relatives.

It may be a post office miracle -- a postcard from Japan recently arrived in Aberdeen at the office of Mayor Bill Simpson. It's from the town of Sapporo, where a victim of the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami is now living with relatives.

A salvage team has run into problems cutting up the Japanese dock that floated up on an Oregon beach after last year's tsunami.

Crowds of people flooded the Japanese dock removal site, hoping to soak in the excitement surrounding the relocation of the dock.