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Japan'`s Emperor pays respects to tsunami victims

The Imperial couple visited the Haragama district of Soma City on Monday, the final day of their 3-day tour of the prefecture. The Empress attended the day's events as scheduled, despite developing a fever the night before.

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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.

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Can these giant deep-water fish predict earthquakes?

Known in Japanese mythology as ‘the Messenger From the Sea God’s Palace’, could the appearance of dead oarfish signal an earthquake?

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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.

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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.

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Japan hit by earthquake, Fukushima said to be unaffected

An earthquake of magnitude 5.

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Tsunami warning after powerful earthquake rocks Japan

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.

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Strong but shallow earthquake rocks western Japan

There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage following the 6.6 magnitude tremor.

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Strong aftershocks strike Japan as quake survivors struggle

Hundreds of strong aftershocks in southern Japan have occurred since last Thursday’s large earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck the country. Some have

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New deaths reported as Japan is hit by second powerful quake in less than 24 hours

A magnitude 7.3 quake has hit the same area where more than a thousand people were injured in a tremor on Thursday

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Search for survivors begins after earthquake shakes southern Japan

No damage has been reported to nuclear plants in the area

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Earthquake magnitude 6.4 hits Japan

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has hit southwestern Japan. At least two people have died, according to public broadcaster NHK. The quake struck around

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Japan earthquake victims remembered

People in Japan have remembered the 6,434 victims of an earthquake that struck two decades ago. About 300,000 light-emitting diodes were turned on in

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Magnitude 8.5 quake strikes off eastern Japan

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Japan's 2011 earthquake disaster still reverberates

Four years ago on 11th March the earth shook Japan. The magnitude nine quake went on for six minutes, the strongest the archipelago had ever

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Rescue operation frees people trapped by Japanese earthquake