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Typhoon Talas kills 15 in Japan

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Firefighters and rescue workers search through debris in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on Sunday, September 4, 2011. Heavy rains and mudslides from Typhoon Talas have left at least 15 people dead and more than 43 others missing in Japan, local media reports. Evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan, Kyodo News agency reported. The... 

Clean-up suspended at Fukushima plant

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A picture of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant taken from the air after the March quake and tsunami. The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant has stopped the clean-up operation as radiation levels rose faster than expected. “The level of radiation at a machine to absorb cesium has risen faster than our initial projections,” Reuters quoted a spokesman for Tokyo Electric... 

3 nuclear reactors melted down after quake, Japan confirms

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An aerial view of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant experienced full meltdowns at three reactors in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami in March, the country’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters said Monday. The nuclear group’s new evaluation, released Monday, goes further than previous statements in describing... 

Super Typhoon Songda Projected To Pass Over Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

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TEPCO now sheepishly admits that nearly 60 tons of radioactive water leaked out of the crippled nuclear power plant. So far the only good news to accompany the Fukushima catastrophe has been that for all the fallout, the radiation has been mostly contained due to Northwesterly winds which have been blowing any radioactivity mostly out and into the Pacific (coupled with relatively little rainfall),... 

Japanese Government Pays 60 Trillion Yen to Stop More H.A.A.R.P. Attacks

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The cowardly Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan handed 60 trillion yen HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Reasearch Program) over to the Federal Reserve Board crime syndicate immediately after his country was attacked with HAARP and nuclear terror, according to Japanese security police sources. The extortion money was paid off following threats to use HAARP to cause Mt. Fuji to erupt. For those of... 

Japanese mayor built a huge sea wall and saved his village from the tsunami

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Fudai Junior High School students clean their tennis court after the tsunami- but compared to other towns, they escaped relatively unscathed thanks to the sea wall pictured in the background. Click on the image to enlarge it. The Japanese mayor who was laughed at for building a huge sea wall – until his village was left almost untouched by tsunami. The huge sea wall and floodgates took 12 years... 

Workers enter Fukushima No.1 reactor

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A view of the Fukushima nuclear power plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. For the first time since the outbreak of Japan’s nuclear crisis, workers have been able to enter the quake and tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi power plant. On Thursday, Japanese workers entered the reactor No.1 at the battered Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the facility’s operator Tokyo Electric... 

Has Fukushima become another Chernobyl?

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On April 26 the world remembered the Chernobyl disaster. The 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident came amid another nuclear tragedy, this time in Japan. What is the situation in Fukushima now, after over a month after the accident? Can we draw parallels with the Chernobyl disaster? Is there a future for nuclear energy after the accident? Vladimir Khrustalev, an expert on nuclear technology with... 

Japan quake caused unusually severe soil collapse

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Is Japan sinking? (Creepy Video) The soil sank nearly 3 feet at this water purification plant that serves 19,000 people, breaking pipes and flooding underground structures. Long-lasting quake may have caused more widespread damage than previously thought. The scale of Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami wasn’t the only thing that surprised geologists. The 9.0 earthquake in Japan —... 

Astounding Aerial Footage Of Japan Tsunami

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This is perhaps the best video compilation of what happened in Japan. It’s an aerial footage which shows how the massive tsunami swept everything in its path.  Read More »

Another Earthquake, Tsunami Hit Japan

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People's reaction when they saw the news about the earthquake. A 6.6-magnitude aftershock rattled Japan today on the one-month anniversary of the twin disasters that left at least 25,000 dead and officials scrambling to prevent a meltdown at damaged nuclear reactors. A 3-foot tsunami warning was issued after the temblor hit the northeast coast 5:16 p.m. local time. All advisories and warnings... 

New 7.4 earthquake hits off Japan coast, tsunami alert issued

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A tsunami warning has been issued for north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the east coast of Honshu. The tsunami is predicted to have a wave 1m (3ft) high. Those in the warning zone should move to high ground, Japanese TV said. The area was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami last month which severely damaged the Fukushima nuclear plant. Thursday’s quake... 

U.S. Sends Radiation-Resistant Robots to Help Japan

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According to an article published by Forbes the American government has sent an unknown number of BigDog robots developed by Boston Dynamics to help the Japanese government in their attempt to stop a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant. “The United States government has dispatched an elite squad of radiation-hardened robots to reinforce overwhelmed emergency working battling the relentless... 

Japan nuclear 'suicide squads' paid fortunes as 'battle is lost for reactor 2'

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Subcontractors are reportedly being offered up to £760 a day to brave high radiation levels. Workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are being paid vast sums of money to brave high radiation levels – as experts warn that the race to save the facility has been lost. Subcontractors are reportedly being offered up to 100,000 yen a day (£760) – 20 times the going rate – but... 

Radiation inside Japan nuclear plant rises sharply

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A protester in protective mask holds a placard during an anti nuclear rally in Tokyo, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Leaked water in Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant measured 10 million times higher than usual radioactivity levels when the reactor is operating normally, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters in Tokyo. The placard has a message that reads "Don't spread... 
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