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UK plans to lift post-Fukushima import restrictions on Japanese food
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is planning to lift import restrictions on Japanese farm products that were imposed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
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5.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami w
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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Fukushima plant's operator starts surveys to prepare for wastewater dump
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has begun conducting a series of underwater surveys as part of preparations for the planned discharge of treated water from the plant, NHK reported on Sunday.
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Ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant appears partly melted
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) plans to begin renovation works at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after finding that a frozen wall designed to stem the flow of groundwater around the reactor appears to be partly melted, media reported on
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IAEA to collect samples from coastal waters near Fukushima nuclear power p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts will visit Japan from November 9-12 to collect samples from the coastal waters near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, according to a statement published on the agency's website o
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Japan govt approves energy plan, seeks to double ratio of renewables in de
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government on Friday approved its latest energy plan, which sets out a road map for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, local media reported Friday.
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Japan's new Prime Minister visits crippled Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida travelled on Sunday to the defunct Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the country's quake-and-tsunami-hit northeast.
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Quad Summit: PM Suga thanks US for lifting ban on imports of food products
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 25 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga thanked President Joe Biden at the Quad Summit for lifting the ban on imports of food products from Japan imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami w
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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Four people injured in blast, ensuing fire at chemical plant in northeast
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Fukushima [Japan] May 11, (ANI): Four people were injured in an explosion in a chemical factory in northeastern Japan on Tuesday, but no toxic gases have been detected, local authorities said.
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South Korean civic group to sue Japan over decision to release Fukushima w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A South Korean civic environmental organization has filed an injunction against Japan's decision to release wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, Korean media reported on Thursday.
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US backs Japan over release of contaminated Fukushima nuclear power plant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 13 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) extended support to Japan in its decision to release contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima atomic power station into the sea, stating that Tokyo appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally a
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