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  7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan, Tsunami warning lifted

  World | March 20, 2021 16:56 IST

  Japan on Saturday experienced a strong earthquake that shook buildings in the capital, Tokyo. The U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at magnitude 7.2. USGS said the quake was centered 34 kilometers (21 miles) east of Ishinomaki at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles).

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  Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

  World | March 12, 2021 10:10 IST

  Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast coast in a disaster that one survivor said he fears people are beginning to forget.

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  Japan Earthquake, Tsunami prediction: Regions that could be worst-hit

  World | April 22, 2020 18:28 IST

  Japan Earthquake, Tsunami prediction: A government panel in Japan has predicted a strong earthquake and tsunami in the country. The warning, made by a group of experts, is based on a "worst-case scenario". Here are the areas that could be worst-affected.

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  Tears, prayers as Japan marks 5th anniversary of tsunami

  World | March 11, 2016 18:20 IST

  Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, all in formal wear, led a ceremony in Tokyo attended by officials and survivors.

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  Strong earthquake hits 2011 tsunami region in Japan

  World | May 13, 2015 7:04 IST

  Tokyo: A strong earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there was no risk of tsunami.The magnitude 6.8 quake struck at 6:12

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  6.8 quake hits off Taiwan coast, tsunami alert issued in Japan

  World | April 20, 2015 9:42 IST

  Tokyo: School children were evacuated to higher ground on some islands and buildings swayed in Taipei after a strong earthquake struck Monday in seas east of Taiwan and south of Okinawa.Japan's Meteorological Agency issued an

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  Japan tsunami spurred global warming, ozone loss

  World | March 27, 2015 14:38 IST

  Washington: Buildings destroyed by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake released thousands of tonnes of climate-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals into the atmosphere, finds a new study.The new study suggests that the thousands of buildings destroyed and damaged

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  Ex-chief of Fukushima plant dies of cancer

  World | July 09, 2013 17:39 IST

  Tokyo, July 9: Masao Yoshida, the man who risked his life at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant when it was spiralling into meltdowns, has died of cancer of the esophagus. He was 58.Officials at Tokyo

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  Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area

  World | April 21, 2011 12:02 IST

  Tokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly

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  Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Level At Par With Chernobyl

  World | April 12, 2011 10:13 IST

  Tokyo, Apr 12:  Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant on Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. An official with the Nuclear

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  Toxic Water Leak Plugged At Japan's Crippled N-plant

  World | April 06, 2011 17:55 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Apr 6: Japanese workers at the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today plugged a crack leaking highly toxic water into the sea from a concrete pit, though authorities were concerned about a possible hydrogen blast

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  Japan Disaster Sparks Social Media Innovation

  World | March 31, 2011 17:56 IST

  Tokyo, Mar 31: As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis—the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering.Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster

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  10 Million Times Higher Radiation Detected At Fukushima N-Reactor

  World | March 27, 2011 14:02 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 27: Japanese authorities today detected radioactivity 10 million times higher than normal in water in one of the six reactors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forcing evacuation of workers, as the government

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  Radioactivity Releases At Fukushima Could Last Months

  World | March 15, 2011 12:31 IST

  Washington, March 15 :  Experts in  Japan and the United States say that radioactive releases of steam from the crippled plants at Fukushima could go on for weeks or even months, reports The New York

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  Japan's Industrial Heart Escaped The Heaviest Blows : NYT

  World | March 13, 2011 11:45 IST

  Tokyo, March 13 : Japan's industrial heartland  was saved from the heaviest blows of earthquake and tsunami on Friday, reports The New York Times. The report says, the epicenter was in and around the coastal

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  Quake, Tsunami Precautions Saved Lakhs Of Lives In Japan

  World | March 13, 2011 11:44 IST

  Tokyo, March 13 : The New York Times details how Japan's strict earthquake-resistant building codes and precautions against tsunami saved the lives of a very large number of people, after the 8.9 temblor struck the