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Deserted Fukushima Town to Remove Pro-Nuclear Signs
A Japanese town that was evacuated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has decided to remove street signs trumpeting the benefits of atomic power, an official said today.
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Nuclear Plant in Southern Japan Clears Safety Hurdle
A nuclear power plant in southern Japan has won regulators' approval for meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, a key step toward becoming the first reactor to restart under the tighter rules.
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Japan Trade Deficit at Record $75 Billion in First Half
Japan's trade deficit surged to a record 7.6 trillion yen ($74.9 billion) in the first half of the year as exports failed to keep pace with surging imports, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday.
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Japan's nuclear plant workers face stigma, say doctors
A growing number of Japanese workers who are risking their health to shut down the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are suffering from depression, anxiety about the future and a loss of motivation, say two doctors who visit them regularly.
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Japan declares tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant stable
The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced Friday.
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Fukushima children to receive radiation meters
Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to monitor their exposure levels, a city official said Tuesday.The decision to hand out the meters comes amid growing concern over the safety of children as the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant drag...
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Japan's PM survives no-confidence motion
Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence motion on Thursday over his response to Japan's massive tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, but said he is willing to resign once the country's recovery takes hold.Kan won by a margin of 293-152 in the 480-seat lower house. The remaining members were absent or abstained from the vote.Before the sess...
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IAEA says Japan underestimated tsunami threat
An International Atomic Energy Agency team says Japan's nuclear authorities underestimated the possibility of a massive tsunami hitting the Dai-ichi power plant but praised the overall response.The preliminary report submitted Wednesday said Japan's response was exemplary. However, it added that the tsunami hazard for several nuclear sites was unde...
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Radioactivity 10,000 times standard at Japan plant
Officials with the company that operates Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant say radioactive contamination in groundwater underneath a reactor has been measured at 10,000 times the government health standard.A spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the company doesn't believe any drinking water supply is affected.Contaminated...
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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...
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Singapore finds radiation in some food from Japan
Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement late Thursday that it found small levels of contamination in samples of Japanese mustard, parsley and two other plants imported from the prefectures of To...
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After helicopters robotic arm tries to cool nuclear reactor
A 50-metre-long robotic arm sprayed water on a dangerously hot spent fuel pool as workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant rushed to hook up power lines to all six reactors.The specialised arm was brought in on Tuesday to help firefighters battling to keep the spent fuel rods and the reactors themselves cool at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power...
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Helicopters drop seawater on stricken reactor in Japan
Military helicopters were on Thursday morning dumping seawater on a stricken nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan to cool overheated fuel rods inside its core.Japanese news agency NHK broadcast pictures of a helicopter dropping a load of water on Unit 3, one of six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.A defence ministry spokeswo...
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Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant
Emergency workers forced to retreat from a tsunami-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant when radiation levels soared prepared to return Wednesday night after emissions dropped to safer levels.The pullback cost precious time in the fight to prevent a nuclear meltdown, further escalating a crisis spawned by last week's devastating earthquake and tsu...
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Deserted Fukushima Town to Remove Pro-Nuclear Signs
A Japanese town that was evacuated after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has decided to remove street signs trumpeting the benefits of atomic power, an official said today.
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Nuclear Plant in Southern Japan Clears Safety Hurdle
A nuclear power plant in southern Japan has won regulators' approval for meeting safety requirements imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, a key step toward becoming the first reactor to restart under the tighter rules.
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Japan Trade Deficit at Record $75 Billion in First Half
Japan's trade deficit surged to a record 7.6 trillion yen ($74.9 billion) in the first half of the year as exports failed to keep pace with surging imports, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday.
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Japan's nuclear plant workers face stigma, say doctors
A growing number of Japanese workers who are risking their health to shut down the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant are suffering from depression, anxiety about the future and a loss of motivation, say two doctors who visit them regularly.
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Japan declares tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant stable
The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced Friday.
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Fukushima children to receive radiation meters
Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to monitor their exposure levels, a city official said Tuesday.The decision to hand out the meters comes amid growing concern over the safety of children as the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant drag...
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Japan's PM survives no-confidence motion
Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence motion on Thursday over his response to Japan's massive tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, but said he is willing to resign once the country's recovery takes hold.Kan won by a margin of 293-152 in the 480-seat lower house. The remaining members were absent or abstained from the vote.Before the sess...
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IAEA says Japan underestimated tsunami threat
An International Atomic Energy Agency team says Japan's nuclear authorities underestimated the possibility of a massive tsunami hitting the Dai-ichi power plant but praised the overall response.The preliminary report submitted Wednesday said Japan's response was exemplary. However, it added that the tsunami hazard for several nuclear sites was unde...
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Radioactivity 10,000 times standard at Japan plant
Officials with the company that operates Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant say radioactive contamination in groundwater underneath a reactor has been measured at 10,000 times the government health standard.A spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. says the company doesn't believe any drinking water supply is affected.Contaminated...
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High levels of radiation found in water at n-plant
Workers at Japan's damaged nuclear plant raced to pump out contaminated water suspected of sending radioactivity levels soaring as officials warned on Monday that radiation seeping from the complex was spreading to seawater and soil.Contaminated water inside Unit 2 has tested at radiation levels some 100-thousand times normal amounts, plant operato...
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Singapore finds radiation in some food from Japan
Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement late Thursday that it found small levels of contamination in samples of Japanese mustard, parsley and two other plants imported from the prefectures of To...
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After helicopters robotic arm tries to cool nuclear reactor
A 50-metre-long robotic arm sprayed water on a dangerously hot spent fuel pool as workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant rushed to hook up power lines to all six reactors.The specialised arm was brought in on Tuesday to help firefighters battling to keep the spent fuel rods and the reactors themselves cool at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power...
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Helicopters drop seawater on stricken reactor in Japan
Military helicopters were on Thursday morning dumping seawater on a stricken nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan to cool overheated fuel rods inside its core.Japanese news agency NHK broadcast pictures of a helicopter dropping a load of water on Unit 3, one of six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.A defence ministry spokeswo...
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Japan prepares to restart work at nuclear plant
Emergency workers forced to retreat from a tsunami-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant when radiation levels soared prepared to return Wednesday night after emissions dropped to safer levels.The pullback cost precious time in the fight to prevent a nuclear meltdown, further escalating a crisis spawned by last week's devastating earthquake and tsu...
