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Massive quake, tsunami hit Japan
Map of Sendai Japan A 8.9 earthquakeis causing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. Dozens of nations, including the U.S., are under a tsunami warning
| The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in 100 years unleashed walls of water that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats, killing hundreds and forcing the evaucations of tens of thousands
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Radioactive fears rise at Japan plants
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Huge blast at nuclear power plant
Map of Fukushima Japan A massive explosion has struck a Japanese nuclear power plant after devastating earthquake. Officials fear a meltdown at one of the reactors
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| Mar.12 |
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Japan scrambles to reach trapped victims
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Exodus from Japan nuclear plant
Map of Fukushima Japan An estimated 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear power station hat was hit by an explosion
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3,000 rescued; many more missing A meltdown may be occurring at one of the reactors at a damaged nuclear power plant; rescuers are frantically scrambling to find survivors
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Fears for second Japanese reactor |
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| Mar.13 |
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PM: Japan crisis 'worst since WWII'
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Aid groups, countries offer help to Japan |
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Explosion at Japan nuclear plant
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| Mar.14 |
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Meltdown alert at Japan reactor
Map of Fukushima Japan| Technicians are battling to stabilise a third reactor at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear plant, which has been rocked by a second blast in three days. | |
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New blast at Japan nuclear plant
A quake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan has been hit by a third explosion in four days, amid fears of a meltdown
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Rescuers hurry to find survivors |
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Radiation fears after Japan blast
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| Mar.15 |
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Staff withdrawn from Japan plant
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New fire fuels nuclear fears in Japan
A new blaze at the damaged nuclear plant is adding to radiation fears in a country racing to avoid a full-on nuclear crisis
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| Mar.16 |
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Japan's emperor: Don't give up hope |
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China freezes nuclear plant approvals |
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US alarm over Japan atomic crisis |
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Water dumped on Japan nuclear plant
Map of Fukushima Japan Helicopters dumped water on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to halt the nuclear accident
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| Mar.17 |
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Cable reaches Japan nuclear plant |
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Japan nuclear plant progress slow |
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| Mar.18 |
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Japan raises threat level at nuclear plant
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the level for the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant Friday from a 4 to 5
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Death toll climbs to nearly 7,000 in Japan |
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Nuclear plant's power restoration closer
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| Mar.19 |
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Power hopes rise at Japan plant
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Food from farms near plant radioactive |
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| Mar.20 |
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Rescue in Japan as 2 pulled from rubble
A grandmother and her teenage grandson were rescued 9 days after they became trapped in their home following the earthquake and tsunami
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Japan warns on quake deaths rise |
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Food products limited from nuclear area
Japan slapped restrictions on some food produced in two provinces around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
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Cooling efforts at nuclear reactor |
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| Mar.21 |
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Smoke spews from nuclear plant's reactors |
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Japan will overcome crisis - UN watchdog |
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Hope dwindles as death toll mounts |
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Work resumes at Japanese reactor
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| Mar.22 |
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Power restored to reactor's control room
Health Ministry reported finding radioactive materials at levels 'drastically exceeding' limits in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima ...
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Japan tests food, seawater for radiation |
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Japan sets new nuclear food ban |
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| Mar.23 |
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Tokyo tap water not safe for infants |
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Japan nuclear plant work resumes |
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| Mar.24 |
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Smoke stops at nuclear plant |
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Plant workers' radiation exposure high |
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Japan tsunami: Toll tops 10,000 |
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| Mar.25 |
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Reactor core might be leaking
Map of Fukushima Japan Authorities raised the prospect of a likely breach in the all-important containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the stricken nuclear power plant
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| Mar.26 |
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Sea radiation 1,250 times normal
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| Mar.27 |
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Japan radiation report 'mistaken' |
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Japan quake prompts tsunami alert
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| Mar.28 |
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Radioactive water found outside plant
Map of Fukushima Japan| Water found in a tunnel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has alarmingly high radiation readings | |
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New radiation leak at Japan plant |
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| Mar.29 |
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Japan on 'maximum' nuclear alert |
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Workers scramble to prevent water leak
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| Mar.30 |
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Japan to scrap stricken reactors |
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High radiation levels found in seawater |
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| Mar.31 |
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Warning on Japan evacuation zone |
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| Apr.3 |
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Fukushima workers' bodies found |
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Japan business sentiment to worsen |
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| Apr.4 |
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Japan dumps radioactive water in sea
Workers at quake-hit nuclear plant dump water with low levels of contamination into the sea so more highly radioactive water can be stored
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Radiation tests in Japan schools |
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| Apr.5 |
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Water radiation millions of times over limit An attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a nuclear reactor has shown a significant difference, despite the material not setting
| Tokyo Electric: an attempt to plug the leak had shown a 'significant difference,' despite the material not setting as hoped.
The company had injected a silica-based polymer, 'liquid glass' to reduce the leak
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Radioactive water leak stopped
Map of Fukushima Japan The leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has stopped
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| Apr.7 |
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New quake triggers tsunami warning
Map of Miyagi Japan A powerful 7.4 earthquake struck Japan, triggering a tsunami warning for one prefecture and advisories in others
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| Apr.8 |
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Workers return to crippled nuclear plant |
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| Apr.9 |
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Japan tightens nuclear backup rules |
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| Apr.10 |
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Japan launches new search for victims |
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Japan quake marked with silence |
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| Apr.11 |
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Japan raises nuclear crisis level
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More towns to evacuate around reactors |
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At least 6 killed in latest Japan earthquake |
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| Apr.12 |
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Japan disaster now on Chernobyl level| Japanese authorities 'provisionally' declared the country's nuclear accident a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters. The amount of radioactive iodine released by the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant was ... | |
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Japan PM seeks to calm food fears |
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More quakes rattle northeastern Japan |
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Japan downgrades economic outlook |
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| Apr.14 |
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Possible damage to spent nuclear fuel |
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| Apr.15 |
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Japan nuclear plant told to pay evacuees |
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| Apr.16 |
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Nuclear crisis could last 2-3 more months
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US to help Japan reconstruction |
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| Apr.17 |
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Reactors could take 9 months to stop
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| Apr.18 |
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Japan death toll rises to nearly 14,000
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| Apr.19 |
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Quake damage hits Japan exports |
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| Apr.20 |
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Japan to enforce nuclear evacuation zone |
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| Apr.21 |
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Japan announces emergency budget The Japanese government has announced a 4 trillion yen emergency budget for disaster relief, after March's earthquake and tsunami
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| May.4 |
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Workers enter Fukushima reactor
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| May.13 |
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Compensation plan for nuclear disaster |
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| May.17 |
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China's premier to visit Fukushima area |
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| May.18 |
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Japan economy back in recession
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| May.20 |
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Tepco head quits after $15bn loss |
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| May.25 |
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Holes feared in 2 of nuclear reactors |
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| May.29 |
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Germany pledges nuclear shutdown Germany's ruling coalition says it has agreed a date of 2022 for the shutdown of all of its nuclear power plants
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| May.31 |
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Japan 'underestimated risk' - UN
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| Jun.1 |
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PM faces Fukushima no-confidence vote |
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| Jun.2 |
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Prime minister survives no-confidence vote
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| Jun.6 |
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Japan confirms nucl. reactors' meltdown |
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| Jun.7 |
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Japan raises estimate of radiation leak |
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| Jun.14 |
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Japan to hand out radiation meters to kids |
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| Jun.17 |
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Fukushima water clean-up halted
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| Jun.22 |
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Magnitude 6.7 quake rattles N. Japan
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| Jun.27 |
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Radiation in Fukushima residents |
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| Jul.4 |
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Minister Matsumoto quits over rebuilding |
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| Jul.5 |
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Japan 'plans atomic stress tests' |
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| Jul.9 |
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Japan quake sparks tsunami alert
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| Jul.10 |
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Slow progress at Japan's Fukushima plant |
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| Jul.12 |
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Radioactive meat circulating on market |
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| Jul.15 |
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Ohi nuclear reactor shuts down after fault
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| Jul.18 |
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Japan scrambles to protect reactor |
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| Jul.19 |
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Japan bans beef shipment from Fukushima |
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| Jul.30 |
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Earthquake hits off Japan coast
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has been felt in north-east Japan, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo
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| Aug.2 |
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Workers find ultra-high radiation levels |
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| Aug.3 |
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Japan dismisses nuclear officials |
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| Aug.15 |
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Japan redesigns nuclear safety agency |
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| Aug.25 |
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Japan's Prime Minister Kan quits
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| Sep.10 |
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Trade minister Hachiro quits over gaffe |
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| Oct.9 |
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Fukushima children undergo tests |
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| Oct.18 |
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Reactors to shut down ahead of schedule |
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| Nov.1 |
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Fukushima cleanup may take decades
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| Nov.14 |
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Japan radiation 'unsafe for farming'
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| Nov.18 |
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New radiation scare for rice in Japan |
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| Dec.5 |
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Radioactive water leaking at Fukushima |
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| Dec.15 |
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Japan declares Fukushima stable
Engineers have brought the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to a 'cold shutdown condition', nine months after the earthquake and tsunami
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| Dec.26 |
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Fukushima report notes failures |