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The Japanese government says plans to discharge more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water into the sea are vital to proceed with decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A large earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant in ... ( read original story ...)

The controversial decision was made at a ministerial meeting on Tuesday morning, as a significant amount of the water has accumulated at the site since the 2011 nuclear accident triggered by a devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami, according to Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to begin a decades-long process of pumping more than a million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. The 1.3 million cubic metres of ... ( read original story ...)

Since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was destroyed by a earthquake-generated tsunami on March 11, 2011, groundwater has been contaminated by coming into contact with the site. Japan's TEPCO has stored more than 1.3 million metric tons on the ... ( read original story ...)

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 — leading to three reactor meltdowns and the release of radioactive isotopes into the air — the Japanese government had to decide what to do ... ( read original story ...)

Fishermen have feared that the release of Fukushima’s nuclear waste may damage the industry’s reputation. In response, the Japanese government has vowed to support the industry. ( read original story ...)

A news photo exhibition on the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 will open in Tokyo on Friday to remind Japanese people of the devastati ... ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, Reuters quoted German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) as ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan on Friday at 5.44 am (local time), according to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences, reported news agency ANI. According to GFZ, ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck parts of Japan's Aomori prefecture in the northern part of Japan's main island of Honshu, the country's weather agency said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck the Hokkaido region in Japan on Friday at 5.44 am (local time), according to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences. According to GFZ, a German Research Centre for Geosciences, ( read original story ...)

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Hokkaido in Japan on Friday, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake's epicentre was 46 km (28.58 miles) below the Earth's surface, GFZ said. ( read original story ...)

Similarly, on Thursday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted eastern Turkey, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. ( read original story ...)

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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck parts of Japan''s Aomori prefecture in the northern part of Japan''s main island of Honshu, the country''s weather agency said on Friday. ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted Hokkaido, Japan at 0014 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. UNI/XINHUA ARN. ( read original story ...)