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Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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Hong Kong To Curb Some Japan Food Imports Over Fukushima Water Release
Hong Kong will ban "aquatic products" from 10 Japanese prefectures, a government minister said Tuesday, after city leader John Lee condemned Tokyo's plans to release water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.
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Snake Causes Power Outage For 10,000 Homes In Japan, Residents Shocked
Around 10,000 homes in Japan were recently left without electricity after a snake slithered into an electric substation and fried itself to death.
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6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan; No Tsunami Threat
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 Richter scale hit Fukushima and other prefectures in Japan's east and northeast at 12.24 pm (local time) on Sunday, the Japan Times reported.
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Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
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2020 Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay To Depart From Fukushima
The Olympic flame relay will depart from Fukushima and travel through the 47 prefectures of the Japanese archipelago.
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Opinion: Why This Modi-Putin Agreement Should Worry Us
How then is it possible to cheer the Modi-Putin Goa agreement for two more units at Kudankulam when even one unit has not, after 28 years, got going efficiently or with proven safety? The Japanese at least have decentralized decision-making to the point where a district panchayat president (which is what the Governor of a Japanese Prefecture is) ca...
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Magnitude 5.6 Quake Hits Off Northern Japan
A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan today off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages.
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Woman Breaks Silence Among Fukushima Thyroid Cancer Patients
She's 21, has thyroid cancer, and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern Japan to get screened for it. That statement might not seem provocative, but her prefecture is Fukushima, and of the 173 young people with confirmed or suspected cases since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there, she is the first to speak out.
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Britain's Prince William Dons Samurai Gear on Japan Tour
Britain's Prince William donned the trappings of feudal nobility in Japan today, wearing the helmet and clothes of an ancient samurai during a tour of a TV studio.
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Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continued threat to the area devastated by the 2011 quake-tsunami.
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Fukushima opens first beach since nuke crisis
Fukushima prefecture (state) has opened its first beach to swimmers since last year's nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe.
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Nuclear 'hot spots' detected at 20 schools in Fukushima
More than 20 schools in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, have 'hot spots' with high radiation levels on their premises, a civil group said. The finding was based on municipal education board documents it obtained through an information disclosure request, it said.
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Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Power Generation, For First Time In 13 Years
A reactor at the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has resumed power generation for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, its operator said.
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Hong Kong To Curb Some Japan Food Imports Over Fukushima Water Release
Hong Kong will ban "aquatic products" from 10 Japanese prefectures, a government minister said Tuesday, after city leader John Lee condemned Tokyo's plans to release water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.
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Snake Causes Power Outage For 10,000 Homes In Japan, Residents Shocked
Around 10,000 homes in Japan were recently left without electricity after a snake slithered into an electric substation and fried itself to death.
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6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan; No Tsunami Threat
An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 Richter scale hit Fukushima and other prefectures in Japan's east and northeast at 12.24 pm (local time) on Sunday, the Japan Times reported.
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Tokyo Olympics: Fans Allowed To Attend Torch Relay, But No Cheering
Spectators will be allowed to watch the flame pass, but will be required to wear masks, avoid crowding and only attend segments of the torch relay near their home.
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2020 Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay To Depart From Fukushima
The Olympic flame relay will depart from Fukushima and travel through the 47 prefectures of the Japanese archipelago.
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Opinion: Why This Modi-Putin Agreement Should Worry Us
How then is it possible to cheer the Modi-Putin Goa agreement for two more units at Kudankulam when even one unit has not, after 28 years, got going efficiently or with proven safety? The Japanese at least have decentralized decision-making to the point where a district panchayat president (which is what the Governor of a Japanese Prefecture is) ca...
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Magnitude 5.6 Quake Hits Off Northern Japan
A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan today off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages.
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Woman Breaks Silence Among Fukushima Thyroid Cancer Patients
She's 21, has thyroid cancer, and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern Japan to get screened for it. That statement might not seem provocative, but her prefecture is Fukushima, and of the 173 young people with confirmed or suspected cases since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there, she is the first to speak out.
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Britain's Prince William Dons Samurai Gear on Japan Tour
Britain's Prince William donned the trappings of feudal nobility in Japan today, wearing the helmet and clothes of an ancient samurai during a tour of a TV studio.
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Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continued threat to the area devastated by the 2011 quake-tsunami.
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Fukushima opens first beach since nuke crisis
Fukushima prefecture (state) has opened its first beach to swimmers since last year's nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe.
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Nuclear 'hot spots' detected at 20 schools in Fukushima
More than 20 schools in Koriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, have 'hot spots' with high radiation levels on their premises, a civil group said. The finding was based on municipal education board documents it obtained through an information disclosure request, it said.
