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Robots to gauge radiation in Japan's quake-hit plant
The operator of Japan's stricken nuclear plant said on Sunday it will send two remote-controlled robots into a reactor building damaged by a hydrogen explosion to gauge radiation and temperature level
TEPCO announces plan to end Japan nuclear crisis
The operator of the crippled nuclear power plant leaking radiation in northern Japan announced a plan on Sunday that would bring the crisis under control within six to nine months and allow some evacu
Strong quake shakes buildings in Tokyo
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit central Japan on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said on Saturday.
The quake, which shook buildings in Tokyo, struck at 11:19 am (0219 GMT), 83 kil
Tokyo Disneyland reopens five weeks after quake
Five weeks after Japan's quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis struck, Tokyo Disneyland threw open its doors again on Friday, bringing some welcome relief to thousands of disaster-weary families.
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Japan police find 10 bodies in nuclear zone
Japanese police on Thursday found the bodies of 10 tsunami victims in the first search of a 10-kilometre (six-mile) zone around an atomic plant, as emergency crews battled to contain a nuclear crisis.
Strong quake hits northeast Japan
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off northeast Japan early today, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
The undersea quake struck at 5:5
Man, 102, 'kills self over Japan nuclear evacuation plan'
A 102-year-old man has killed himself in a newly-declared no-go zone around Japan's crippled nuclear plant because he was depressed at having to leave his home, a report said on Thursday.
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Calls grow for Japan PM to quit in wake of quake
Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled on Thursday as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's nat
6.6 Japan aftershock, more areas evacuated
Japan expanded the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear plant on Monday because of high levels of accumulated radiation, as a strong aftershock rattled the area one month after a quake and tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
Japan raises severity of nuclear accident to highest level
Japan raised the severity of its nuclear disaster to the highest level on Tuesday, putting it on a par with the world's worst disaster nuclear accident at Chernobyl after another major aftershock ratt
