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N-plant abandoned, crisis worsens
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Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after radiation levels surged, Kyodo news reported, a development that suggested the crisis was spiralling out of control.
Japan rescuers pull two survivors from rubble: NHK
Rescuers in Japan on Tuesday pulled two survivors, a woman and a man, from underneath the rubble four days after a powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Radiation at reactor normal after blast: Japan Government
Measurements at a Japanese nuclear reactor where an explosion occurred on Monday showed no higher levels of radiation, the government’s top spokesman said. The hydrogen blast damaged the reactor building but the reactor hull remained intact, chief Cabinet secretary Yukio Edano said.
Biggest Japan quake sets off tsunami, hundreds die, toll to rise
The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan rocked the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that killed hundreds of people and swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships and cars.
Quake, tsunami devastate Japan, more than 1000 dead
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A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan looked set to kill at least 1,000 people along the northeastern coast on Friday after a wall of water swept away everything in its path.
Japan quake causes emergencies at 5 N-reactors
Japan on Saturday scrambled hard to prevent meltdowns at its nuclear power plants, declaring a state of emergency at five atomic reactors and evacuating thousands of residents, as it launched a mammoth relief operation in its Northeast devastated by a massive earthquake that likely left over 1,000 people dead.
Japan braces for N-reactor meltdown after quake damage
Japan’s nuclear authorities warned on Saturday that quake-hit atomic plant Fukushima No 1, about 250 kilometres Northeast of Tokyo, "may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown", media said.
Explosion at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant
Japan scrambled on Saturday to avert a disastrous meltdown at a nuclear plant damaged when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the Northeast coast, killing at least 1,300 people.
Japan's N-reactor explodes as quake toll rises to 1600
A Japanese nuclear power plant exploded on Saturday, triggering a 'nationwide atomic alert' in the country already reeling under the impact of giant tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake which has left 1600 people dead or unaccounted for.
60 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago struck the Northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire.
