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Japan's post-typhoon blackout raises disaster prep questions
'It's worse than we thought,' says the Tokyo Electric Power, as authorities confirmed 45,000 homes were still without electricity 12 days after the powerful Typhoon Faxai barrelled through the Tokyo region
Japan turns to foreigners to decommission Fukushima plant
The step comes after Japan launched new visa statuses to attract more foreign workers and ease the impact of the nation's shrinking workforce and population
Nuclear fuel removed from crippled Japan plant
The delicate operation represents the first time the Tokyo Electric Power Company has pulled out fuel from inside a highly contaminated building containing the melted-down reactor, and comes 4 years behind schedule
Japan tsunami, nuclear tragedy remembered 7 years on
Authorities are encouraging evacuees to return, but a government survey released earlier this month showed that about half the residents of Namie and Tomioka are not willing to return
Fuel removal device installed at meltdown-hit Fukushima reactor
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), says it started putting a crane on the roof of unit No. 3 on Sunday to extract a total of 566 rods from its fuel pool
Fukushima operator gets first safety approval since 2011 disaster
TEPCO is granted preliminary approval to restart two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, but it also needs local consent to bring the reactors online
Ex-bosses stand trial over 2011 Fukushima crisis in Japan
UPDATED Ex Tokyo Electric Power chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and former vice presidents Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro all plead not guilty to charges of professional negligence resulting in death and injury
Ex-bosses to go on trial over Fukushima disaster
The indictments are the first – and only – criminal charges stemming from the tsunami sparked reactor meltdowns at the plant that set off the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986
Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster
Numerous lawsuits have been filed in relation to various aspects of the disaster but Friday s ruling marks the first verdict in a group lawsuit by evacuees seeking compensation from both the government and TEPCO over the catastrophe
Radiation level in Fukushima plant at record high
We believe the captured images offer very useful information but we still need to investigate given that it is very difficult to assume the actual condition inside says TEPCO spokesman Tatsuhiro Yamagishi
Japan, US, France to team up on Fukushima cleanup – official
Experts from the 3 countries will work to develop technologies for the major cleanup which could take up to 4 decades
Japan marks 5th anniversary of quake, tsunami disaster with moment of silence
UPDATED I hope people will remember us that lives of evacuees are still difficult in many ways including financially Kazuko Nihei 39 says at a memorial event in a Tokyo park
Former TEPCO bosses indicted over Fukushima disaster
If convicted they face up to 5 years in prison or a penalty of up to one million yen 8 850
Hundreds trapped as floods sweep Japan
UPDATED At least 12 people are missing after being swept away when the levee on the Kinugawa river gave way flooding an area that reports say spanned 32 square kilometers and included 6 500 homes
Floods spark evacuations as Japan is deluged
The Japan Meteorological Agency issues special warnings for Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures north of Tokyo urging vigilance against mudslides and flooding
Japan city flooded as raging river breaks its banks
UPDATED Dramatic television footage shows a wall of muddy water gushing from the swollen Kinugawa river in Joso city north of Tokyo which is home to around 65 000 people
Fukushima construction workers hurt
One of the three is left unconscious after the accident and remained in a critical condition in hospital where he had been taken by helicopter
Heavy equipment falls into Fukushima reactor pool
Tokyo Electric Power says it has not detected any significant changes in radiation readings or in the level of pool water at the No 3 reactor which was broken during the 2011 quake
Japan braced for more aftershocks of giant 2011 quake
The strong 6 8 magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan on Saturday July 12 caused a minor tsunami in the early hours
Downgraded typhoon heading toward Fukushima plant
Workers at Fukushima are already locked in a struggle to contain huge amounts of contaminated water and have been scrambling to protect the plant from the bands of rainfall
Japan Fukushima operator diverts groundwater to sea
The bypass system is an attempt to stop tons of unpolluted groundwater from mixing with water laced with radioactive isotopes
Fukushima operator halts water decontamination system
Tokyo Electric Power discovers a defect in the decontamination system of the Fukushima plant s radiation tainted water shutting it off for repairs
Hundreds protest dropped charges over Fukushima crisis
Hundreds protested Japanese prosecutors decision to drop charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis with no one yet punished nearly three years after the man made disaster
100-ton radioactive water leak at Fukushima: TEPCO
A new leak of 100 tons of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima the plant s operator said Thursday February 20
New leak at crippled Fukushima nuclear plant – TEPCO
UPDATED TEPCO says the highly radioactive water had leaked at the Fukushima No 1 plant from a different storage tank
Fukushima operator seeks reactor restart
TEPCO asked Japan s nuclear watchdog for permission to restart a separate atomic power station as it resumed cleaning polluted water at the crippled plant
Anti-radiation fence at Fukushima has hole – TEPCO
Workers at Japan s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant spot a hole in one of the barriers intended to keep radioactive particles contained in the harbor
Over 1,000 tons of Fukushima water dumped after typhoon
The utility said about 1 130 tons of water with low levels of radiation were released into the ground
Typhoon Man-yi hits Japan, 3 dead
Man yi forces the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release rainwater with low levels of radiation into the ocean
Steam seen at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO
Vapor has begun rising again from a Fukushima nuclear power plant reaction long after its core melted down
TEPCO finds high radiation in Fukushima groundwater
Late on Monday plant operator TEPCO announced samples taken from a well at the site showed the presence of radioactive substances including strontium
Japan unveils $470-M plan for Fukushima water leaks
UPDATED Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his administration will spend public money to get the job done
Fukushima operator discovers pipe leaking radioactive water
The discovery of the pipe came a day after Tokyo Electric Power Co TEPCO said it found new radiation hotspots at four sites around coolant tanks
High radiation readings found at Fukushima tanks
TEPCO detected high radiation readings at 4 sites around the tanks although none of the containers showed any visible fall in their water levels
Japan should stop 'confusing messages' on Fukushima - IAEA
IAEA to Japan: Explain more clearly what is happening at Fukushima and avoid sending confusing messages about the disaster
Fukushima water handling 'like whack-a-mole' – minister
Government will play a greater role in the clean up at the Tokyo Electric Power Company plant after tons of toxic liquid leaked
TEPCO to drain two more tanks at Fukushima nuclear plant
TEPCO has not yet pinpointed the source of the leak in the first of three tanks relocated from their original zone
Fukushima workers checking 300 tanks for more leaks
UPDATED Some 300 tons of radioactive water was believed to have seeped from one of the tanks that hold water used to cool the broken reactors
Japan says Fukushima leak worst since tsunami
UPDATED The assessment comes after TEPCO said some 300 tons of radioactive water is believed to have leaked
TEPCO: Worst radioactive leak from tank at Fukushima
UPDATE Tokyo Electric Power Company says the leak is believed to be continuing Tuesday at Fukushima and it has not yet pinpointed the source of it
Fukushima operator pumps out toxic groundwater
Tokyo Electric Power TEPCO began the work after it admitted last month that radioactive groundwater had been seeping out of the plant
Japan: battle to stop Fukushima nuclear leaks 'urgent'
Tokyo s more prominent role comes as critics slam plant operator Tokyo Electric Power and its handling of the more than 2 year old atomic crisis
Radioactive water may have leaked from Fukushima: TEPCO
Up to 120 tonnes of contaminated water may have escaped from one of the seven underground reservoir tanks at the tsunami damaged plant
Japan PM Abe wants new nuclear reactors: reports
Abe remarked that new reactors would be different to those at Fukushima
Japan, TEPCO ignored nuclear accident risks: report
Japanese Tokyo Electric Power officials ignored risks of an atomic accident because they believed in the myth of nuclear safety a report on the Fukushima crisis said
Workers remove nuclear fuel from Fukushima plant
Workers at Japan s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant removed nuclear fuel Wednesday July 18 for the first time since last year s tsunami sparked crisis media said
