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Olympic flame on display in Japan despite postponement of Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 was put back amid the coronavirus outbreak. But that hasn't stopped the Olympic flame going on a tour of Japan.

25/03/2020

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Japan remembers victims of devastating earthquake and tsunami

The disaster on 11 March 2011, left more than 18,000 people dead.

11/03/2020

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The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will kick off in Fukushima

Tens of thousands still haven't recovered in Fukushima, displaced by nuclear radiation and unable to return to deserted places like Futaba. Time stopped in the town of 7,100 when disaster stuck on March 11, 2011.

13/12/2019

Japan

Picture of the Day: Japanese students at Fukushima memorial

Japanese students visit Fukushima memorial

21/06/2018

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Japan's Emperor and Empress plant trees at Fukushima

The couple took part in the annual tree-planting ceremony as part of their three-day tour of the nuclear plant, severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake.

10/06/2018

Japan

350 million euros for Fukushima victims

A court in Fukushima has ruled that Tokyo Electric Power and the Japanese government are liable for damages of almost 38 million Euros

10/10/2017

Japan

Fukushima ice wall near completion

Final efforts are underway to complete an ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

22/08/2017

Japan

Fukushima robot finds lava-like 'melted fuel deposits'

Six years on from a massive nuclear disaster, accumulations of lava-like layers were found inside Fukushima nuclear plant.

23/07/2017

Japan

Robots help in the search for more damage at Fukushima

Six years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, operators of the affected Daiichi Power Plant are using robot technology to check for new damage.

20/07/2017

Japan

Trio on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

The trial has begun in Japan of three Tepco executives accused of negligence in Fukushima nuclear disaster

30/06/2017

Japan

Japan court rules state liable for negligence over Fukushima

A court in Japan has ruled for the first time that the state is jointly liable for negligence over the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

17/03/2017

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Japan mourns earthquake and tsunami victims

Throughout Japan, minutes of silence were observed in tribute to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people six years ago.

12/03/2017

Japan

Japan remembers the victims of 2011 quake and tsunami

The country is marking the sixth anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 18,000 people

11/03/2017

Japan

Fukushima towns cleared of wild boars

After residents were forced to flee their homes in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture in 2011, wild boars moved in.

09/03/2017

Japan

Japan hit by earthquake, Fukushima said to be unaffected

An earthquake of magnitude 5.

28/02/2017

Ukraine

The medical response in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster

On the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster Euronews has talked to one of the world’s leading experts on radiation-related health issues

26/04/2016

Ukraine

Chernobyl and Fukushima: lessons not learned

Around 8,000 km and 25 years separate the catastrophic Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters. There are clear differences between the Ukraine and

20/04/2016

Japan

Ice age given green light: Fukushima activates barrier for radioactive water

An underground ice wall has been activated around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors, five years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami wreaked

31/03/2016

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From nuclear to neutral

Greenpeace in Hungary commemorated the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear accident by lighting up lanterns powered by solar energy on the main

12/03/2016

Japan

Last man in Fukushima: Matsumura Naoto

Japan has been marking five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed towns and triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster since

11/03/2016