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Before and after: The scars of Japan's tsunami five years on

One of the biggest earthquakes in history shook Japan’s northeast five years ago. It triggered a 10-metre tsunami which smashed into the Fukushima

09/03/2016

Japan

Ahead of Fukushima anniversary residents worry about future of affected areas

Locals say the future will depend on young people returning and so far there's only a handful, amid lingering fears about radioactivity

02/03/2016

Japan

Japan floods leave three dead, and 23 missing

Rescue workers pluck people from homes in danger of being washed away. Three have reportedly been killed and 23 are still missing after record rains

11/09/2015

Japan

Fukushima clean-up drags on

05/08/2015

Target

Japan: a world leader in disaster prevention

Japan is a world-leader in thwarting the risk of natural disasters. In the first episode of this special edition of Target Japan, we head to Sendai

30/03/2015

Japan

Two nuclear reactors retired in Japan as it hosts UN disaster conference

Two Japanese power companies have announced they will scrap three ageing nuclear reactors. It marks the first moves to permanently shut down nuclear

17/03/2015

Japan

Anger at huge 'anti-tsunami' sea walls in Japan

Japan is building a series of controversial concrete walls along parts of its northern coastline to protect against tsunamis. Nearly 400 kilometres

13/03/2015

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Palestinian children fly kites to mark anniversary of Japan Tsunami

11/03/2015

World News

[As it happened] Newsday: Russian aid convoy - Islamic State - Gaza - Ebola

22/08/2014

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Faces From Fukushima

07/03/2014

World

Fukushima: bullet train to ghost town

07/03/2014

Japan

Live webcams on the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

10/01/2014

My Europe Series

Japan: Shinto Shrine survivors

07/04/2011

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Spotlight on France's oldest nuclear plant

25/03/2011

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Scientists work on tsunami alert system for Med

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