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 March 2016

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Japan remembers tsunami victims

Japan has remembered the nearly 20,000 victims of an earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear crisis. Friday (March 11) marked five years since

11 March 2016

Japan

Japan: Fukushima wounds still deep, five years on

Japan’s Emperor Akihito led the tributes, five years on from the Fukushima disaster on Friday, but for those who lived through it, the wounds have

11 March 2016

Japan

Five years on: Japan remembers tsunami and earthquake victims

Five years on, Japan pays tribute to the almost 19,000 victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

11 March 2016

Japan

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

9 March 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

2 March 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 September 2015

Japan

Fukushima clean-up drags on

5 August 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 March 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 March 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 March 2015

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Palestinian children fly kites to mark anniversary of Japan Tsunami

11 March 2015

World News

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

22 August 2014

World

Faces From Fukushima

7 March 2014

World

Fukushima: bullet train to ghost town

7 March 2014

Japan

Live webcams on the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant

10 January 2014

Europe

Japan: Shinto Shrine survivors

7 April 2011

Europe

Spotlight on France's oldest nuclear plant

25 March 2011

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Scientists work on tsunami alert system for Med

16 March 2011