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Two million homes lose power as Japan is hit by powerful earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than two million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of northern ...

16 Mar 2022 at 17:25

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Cancer lawsuit launched over Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster

Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have since developed thyroid cancer filed a lawsuit demanding a utility pay compensation for their illnesses, which they say were triggered by ...

27 Jan 2022 at 09:55

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Former residents return to last town left deserted following Fukushima disaster

Several former residents of Futaba, the only remaining uninhabited town in Japan still recovering from the effects of radiation from nuclear plant meltdowns in 2011, have returned to live there for the first time since the massive ...

21 Jan 2022 at 16:26

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Japan considering development of new nuclear reactors

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors – signalling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down. ...

24 Aug 2022 at 12:07

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Tokyo court upholds acquittals of ex-power chiefs over Fukushima disaster

A Japanese court has found three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and subsequent deaths of more than 40 elderly residents during their ...

18 Jan 2023 at 08:21

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IAEA chief criticised over Japanese plans to release nuclear plant wastewater

South Korean opposition politicians sharply criticised the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant during a ...

09 Jul 2023 at 08:55

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Japan reverses nuclear phase-out plan adopted after Fukushima disaster

Japan has adopted a new policy promoting greater use of nuclear energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global fuel shortages and to reduce carbon emissions. The move is a major reversal of its phase-out plan following ...

22 Dec 2022 at 08:39

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Japan’s troubled Toshiba to delist after takeover by consortium succeeds

A 2 trillion yen (£11 billion) tender offer for troubled electronics and energy giant Toshiba by a Japanese consortium has been completed, clearing the way for it to be delisted, the company said on Thursday. In the ...

21 Sept 2023 at 09:21

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Japanese and Chinese ministers meet in bid to resolve seafood dispute

Top diplomats from Japan and China met for bilateral talks on Saturday to try to resolve disputes including China’s ban on Japanese seafood, which has hit Japanese exporters. Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa ...

26 Nov 2023 at 07:40

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IAEA chief visits Fukushima before radioactive water released

The United Nations nuclear chief has toured Japan’s tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant, including some of the key facilities that will release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. The move comes the ...

05 Jul 2023 at 13:12

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Fukushima nuclear plant operator has no safety concerns after January earthquake

The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan said on Tuesday that it has no new safety worries and envisions no changes to its decommissioning plans after a deadly earthquake on ...

16 Jan 2024 at 12:16

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Fukushima N-plant set to start releasing treated radioactive water into Pacific

Japan is to start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday – a controversial step which the government says ...

22 Aug 2023 at 09:21

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