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Japan records waves upto 50cm post 8.8 quake
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The warning disrupted railway and air services along the coast and led the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to halt the release of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, as per Kyodo News.
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Frequent leaks and lack of transparency tarnish Japan's reputation as Fuku
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
One year into Japan's controversial release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Fukushima Daiichi, around 60,000 tons have been discharged as part of a 30-year plan. The process has damaged TEPCO's and the Japanese government's reputations due to frequent leaks and lack of transparency,
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Chinese vessels continue to illegally enter Japan's fishing waters
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Chinese fishing boats have been active near Japan's seashore despite a ban on Japanese seafood products in China, Nikkei Asia reported.
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Multilateral action needed to fight against economic coercion by China: Re
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
China continues to ban all seafood imports from Japan, maintaining its de facto economic sanctions against the country as it intends to use the wastewater as a bargaining chip to gain the upper hand over Japan. The ban was imposed following the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushim
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Japan starts releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear po
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The contentious decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning because a sizable volume of water has accumulated at the site since the nuclear disaster in 2011, which was brought on by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami
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Japanese PM announces release of Fukushima nuclear plant water on Aug 24
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The contentious decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning because a sizable volume of water has accumulated at the site since the nuclear disaster in 2011, which was brought on by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami
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Japan's plan to release radioactive water into Pacific causes fear despite
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Twelve years after the triple catastrophe, earthquake, tsunami, and reactor meltdown, that struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in 2011, Japan is preparing to release part of the treated wastewater from the stricken plant into the Pacific Ocean this month. A recent article from
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Japan PM visits Fukushima nuclear plant ahead of release of treated radioa
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Kishida’s visit comes a day before his meeting with ministers aimed to discuss when to start the release of water.
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Japan: Fukushima moms led charge for radiation data
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Fukushima's mothers have become radiation experts to protect their children as the Japanese government gets ready to transfer cleaned water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant later this summer, according to Kyodo News.
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S Korea launches radiation tests on seawater amid Japan's plan to release
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
South Korea chose 108 more coastal spots, 75 spots in the east, west and south of South Korea, as well as the waters off the southern island of Jeju, and 33 spots from more distant areas to collect samples to check radioactivity levels, Vice Oceans Minister Park Sung-hoon said during a press
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IAEA Director-General to visit Japan before Fukushima wastewater discharge
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will visit Japan on Tuesday to assess the country's plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea in the summer, the government said, according to
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It's 12 years since massive earthquake-tsunami struck Japan that killed 15
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recovery from the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resultant tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures has progressed in the ensuing years, but some 31,000 people remained displaced as of November 2022, Kyodo News said. Cleanup plans at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex
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