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17 Mar 2022

Powerful earthquake strikes northeastern Japan kills 4, more than 90 injured

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday night. A small tsunami reached shore, but the low-risk advisory was lifted by Thursday morning.

17 Mar 2022

Quake hits Japan off Fukushima coast, leaving two dead

Two were confirmed dead and over one hundred people are injured. Authorities cancelled an earlier tsunami warning.

16 Mar 2022

North Japan jolted by 7.3 magnitude earthquake, tsunami alert issued

Northern Japan was hit by a disastrous quake and tsunami in 2011. No casualty or damage reported so far.

14 May 2021

Earthquakes struck Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and Indonesia's Sumatra island

The quake logged 4 in some parts of Fukushima Prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. So far no tsunami warning has been issued. According to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) in Indonesia.

14 Apr 2021

Grave threat to marine life as Japan set to release Fukushima water into sea

Japan will release more than 1 mn tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. China called the move 'extremely irresponsible', while South Korea summoned Tokyo's ambassador in Seoul to protest.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

19 Jul 2018

Softball to give Tokyo 2020 Olympics a symbolic start

The softball program, along with football, starts two days before the July 24 opening ceremony due to the number of games to be played.

01 Mar 2018

Fukushima radiation levels ''dangerously'' high: Greenpeace

Greenpeace on Thursday said towns in Fukushima prefecture, close to the disaster-hit nuclear power plant, were exposed to excessive levels of radiation almost 100 times greater than safe levels.

27 Dec 2017

Fukushima operator wins first safety approval since disaster

Like many other nuclear power plants in the country, the plant in central Japan has been idle since the 2011 meltdown triggered by a tsunami after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake.

04 Oct 2017

Fukushima operator gets first safety approval since 2011 disaster

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant cleared a major regulatory hurdle today to restart two reactors in Japan, its first since the 2011 tsunami sparked the worst atomic accident in decades.

07 Aug 2017

An unforgettable date with a Russian nuclear plant

Comprising 50 rooms, the training centre caters not only to personnel from the Russian Federation but also those from other countries which are constructing nuclear plants.

17 Mar 2017

Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster

A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Japan`s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011.

2020 Tokyo Olympics

17 Mar 2017

Nuclear-hit Fukushima gets nod to host baseball at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Chief organiser Yoshiro Mori said the International Olympic Committee's executive board had agreed to hold baseball and softball in Fukushima at a meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

28 Feb 2017

5.6-magnitude quake hits off Japan's Fukushima, no tsunami risk

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake today struck northeastern Japan near the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japanese and US authorities said.

21 Dec 2016

Japan to dismantle $9bn fast-breeder nuclear reactor

Japan on Wednesday approved the dismantling of its only fast-breeder nuclear reactor, authorities said.

Japan earthquake

24 Nov 2016

6.1 magnitude quake hits Japan

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off Fukushima early on Thursday, Japan meteorological agency here said. No tsunami warnings were issued.

22 Nov 2016

Quake hits Japan, tsunami warning downgraded

The temblor was centred in the waters offshore of Fukushima, which borders the Pacific Ocean and is to the northeast of Tokyo.

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster‬

22 Nov 2016

Japan lifts tsunami warning along northeast coast after powerful earthquake

Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world`s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

22 Nov 2016

Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts Japan, tsunami warning issued

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck northeastern Japan's Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said.

07 Sep 2016

Ex-Japan PM Junichiro Koizumi says Fukushima not under control

Former Japanese leader Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday accused current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of lying when he claimed the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was "under control."

12 Jul 2016

Japan lifts evacuation order for areas in Fukushima

The Japanese government on Tuesday lifted an evacuation order for two areas in Fukushima, affected by radiation from the 2011 nuclear accident, allowing more than 10,000 people to return to their homes.

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