Report: US Forces to provide water to cool stricken Japanese plant

US forces will provide water to help cool the reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant north of Tokyo, Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa as saying on Friday.

Engineers have been working around the clock since an earthquake and tsunami struck to weeks ago in a bid to stabilise the six-reactor Fukushima complex and avert a catastrophic meltdown. (Reuters)