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U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Mathew Miller released a statement on Aug. 25 on the Japanese government's decision to ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Watch a live view of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Friday, 25 August, as it begins to discharge treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. A massive earthquake and tsunami caused ... ( read original story ...)

three of the nuclear power plant's reactors experienced meltdowns after a massive earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami. China has expressed concerns regarding the plan, accusing the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Workers in Japan have started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plant was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and massive ... ( read original story ...)

Japan began releasing contaminated water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, and China instituted a ban on Japan's seafood. ( read original story ...)

Local fishermen and the government of neighboring China are among the critics of Japan's decision to release water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)

Japan is underway with its plan to dump radioactive water ... In March 2011, the Fukushima power plant was wrecked after an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the plant's cooling systems, causing three ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Thursday began discharging water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, the first step in a controversial process expected to last 30 years. ( read original story ...)

China is among the lead critics of the decision to release the treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)

Offering its experience and know-how from the 2011 earthquake, Japan will assist Ukraine in rebuilding its communities and infrastructure devastated by Russia’s invasion. In a memorandum signed ... ( read original story ...)

The release will begin more than 12 years after the meltdowns of three reactors at the plant that was heavily damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011. Radioactive water — both seeping ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese officials plan to start discharging treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a contentious step more than 12 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami set off a ... ( read original story ...)

"The birds knew before it hit. So crazy," commented one user, but evidence linking unusual animal behavior before earthquake activity is weak. ( read original story ...)

Japan will begin releasing 1.34 million tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. What caused this: The plant was struck by a 14-meter tsunami that ... ( read original story ...)

weather conditions permitting,” said Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as reported by multiple online news sources. The contaminated water has been collecting in tanks in the Fukushima nuclear plant ever since an earthquake in 2011 caused water ... ( read original story ...)

— March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering a towering tsunami that smashed into the Fukushima nuclear plant, knocking out power and cooling systems and triggering meltdowns in three reactors. ( read original story ...)