Powerful earthquake strikes northeastern Japan kills 4, more than 90 injured
The Japan Meteorological Agency early Thursday lifted its low-risk advisory for a tsunami along the coasts of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. Tsunami waves of 30 centimeters (11 inches) reached shore in Ishinomaki, about 390 kilometers (242 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
Mar 17, 2022, 09:08 AM IST
Strong earthquake hits Japan off Fukushima coast, leaving two dead and reviving painful memories
Some 36,400 households in areas hard-hit by the tremor and serviced by Tohoku Electric Company were still without power on Thursday morning.
Mar 17, 2022, 07:21 AM IST
North Japan jolted by 7.3 magnitude earthquake, tsunami alert issued
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for up to a meter (3-foot) sea surge in parts of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures after 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit.
Mar 16, 2022, 21:09 PM IST
Earthquakes struck Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and Indonesia's Sumatra island
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan`s Fukushima Prefecture. So far no tsunami warning has been issued. Indonesia's Sumatra island also got a quake of 6.6 magnitudes.
May 14, 2021, 08:29 AM IST
Grave threat to marine life as Japan set to release contaminated Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean
Japan has argued the water release is necessary to press ahead with the complex decommissioning of the plant after it was crippled by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Apr 14, 2021, 11:31 AM IST
Softball to give Tokyo 2020 Olympics a symbolic start
The softball program, along with football, starts two days before the July 24 opening ceremony due to the number of games to be played.
Jul 19, 2018, 12:51 PM IST
Fukushima radiation levels ''dangerously'' high: Greenpeace
Greenpeace on Thursday said towns in Fukushima prefecture, close to the disaster-hit nuclear power plant, were exposed to excessive levels of radiation almost 100 times greater than safe levels.
Mar 01, 2018, 09:27 AM IST
Fukushima operator wins first safety approval since disaster
Like many other nuclear power plants in the country, the plant in central Japan has been idle since the 2011 meltdown triggered by a tsunami after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake.
Dec 27, 2017, 12:10 PM IST
Fukushima operator gets first safety approval since 2011 disaster
The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant cleared a major regulatory hurdle today to restart two reactors in Japan, its first since the 2011 tsunami sparked the worst atomic accident in decades.
Oct 04, 2017, 13:57 PM IST
An unforgettable date with a Russian nuclear plant
Comprising 50 rooms, the training centre caters not only to personnel from the Russian Federation but also those from other countries which are constructing nuclear plants.
Aug 07, 2017, 11:29 AM IST
Japan court rules government liable for Fukushima disaster
A massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Japan`s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011.
Mar 17, 2017, 15:31 PM IST
Nuclear-hit Fukushima gets nod to host baseball at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Chief organiser Yoshiro Mori said the International Olympic Committee's executive board had agreed to hold baseball and softball in Fukushima at a meeting in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Mar 17, 2017, 11:43 AM IST
5.6-magnitude quake hits off Japan's Fukushima, no tsunami risk
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake today struck northeastern Japan near the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japanese and US authorities said.
Feb 28, 2017, 15:31 PM IST
Japan to dismantle $9bn fast-breeder nuclear reactor
Japan on Wednesday approved the dismantling of its only fast-breeder nuclear reactor, authorities said.
Dec 21, 2016, 18:25 PM IST
6.1 magnitude quake hits Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off Fukushima early on Thursday, Japan meteorological agency here said. No tsunami warnings were issued.
Nov 24, 2016, 09:50 AM IST
Quake hits Japan, tsunami warning downgraded
The temblor was centred in the waters offshore of Fukushima, which borders the Pacific Ocean and is to the northeast of Tokyo.
Nov 22, 2016, 14:02 PM IST
Japan lifts tsunami warning along northeast coast after powerful earthquake
Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world`s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
Nov 22, 2016, 08:50 AM IST
Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts Japan, tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck northeastern Japan's Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said.
Nov 22, 2016, 06:17 AM IST
Ex-Japan PM Junichiro Koizumi says Fukushima not under control
Former Japanese leader Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday accused current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of lying when he claimed the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was "under control."
Sep 07, 2016, 17:39 PM IST
Japan lifts evacuation order for areas in Fukushima
The Japanese government on Tuesday lifted an evacuation order for two areas in Fukushima, affected by radiation from the 2011 nuclear accident, allowing more than 10,000 people to return to their homes.
Jul 12, 2016, 10:26 AM IST
