The headlines proclaiming Apocalypse Now almost demand comparisons with August 1945.

The Government is urging New Zealanders to consider leaving parts of Japan badly hit by last week's destructive earthquake and tsunami, as well as moving further away from the damaged nuclear power plant on the eastern coast.

A Kiwi missing in Japan for whom authorities had "significant concerns" has been found alive and well, MFAT has confirmed.

A Hawke's Bay couple are desperate for news of their missing son who they fear may have died in the Japan disaster. Peter Setter, 45, is the only New Zealander in Japan who authorities have "significant concerns" about, following news

For the Japanese to wheel out their Emperor to make a televised address on the nuclear crisis is virtually unprecedented.

Two New Zealand rescue workers in Japan have had to be decontaminated after they were found to have been exposed to radiation after landing at the Fukushima airport.

MFAT still has "specific concerns" about one New Zealander missing in the affected area of tsunami-ravaged Japan.

People in New Zealand do not need to worry about radiation poisoning should a quake-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan suffer catastrophic meltdowns, an expert says.

New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team in Japan are settled in the northern part of the country and about to start work helping to find survivors of Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

Live TV coverage from Japanese broadcaster NHK.

Yoshimi Okazaki lost her home and job in the Christchurch quake. Now her loved ones are missing in the devastating Japanese quake and tsunami.