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Condolence cash in Japan

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The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant started paying 'condolence money' on Tuesday to victims of the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl while it kept pouring radioactive water into th

Engineers pin hopes on polymer to stop nuke leak

Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said i

6.7 quake strikes off Indonesia

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Hundreds of residents fled an Indonesian port town for higher ground today when an earthquake struck south of Java with a magnitude estimated by US seismologists at 6.7.

The epicentre in the Indi

Japan to dump 11,500 tons of radioactive water at sea

Japan plans to dump 11,500 tons of radioactive water at sea to free up storage space at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for more highly contaminated water, the plant's operator said on Mo

Japan faces further power crunch

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When a boiling summer hits power-starved Tokyo, even Japan's culture of self-restraint will hit its limit.

The March 11 tsunami that smashed into Japan's northeast coast, killing as many as 25,000 pe

Japan rescuers find dog adrift at sea on house

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A Japan Coast Guard elite rescue unit has picked up a dog that was adrift at sea on a house roof off the nation's tsunami-battered northeast coast, an official said on Saturday.

A helicopter crew on

Japan nuke plant leaks radiation into groundwater

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Radiation exceeding government safety limits has seeped into groundwater under a tsunami-crippled Japanese nuclear plant, according to the operator, but experts said on Friday that it was unlikely to

Setbacks mount in Japan at leaking nuclear plan

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Setbacks mounted on Wednesday in the crisis over Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear facility, with nearby seawater testing at its highest radiation levels yet and the president of the plant operator chec

Radioactive dust found in Hong Kong

Radioactive dust believed to be from a crippled nuclear power plant in Japan has been detected nearly 3,000 kilometres away in Hong Kong, officials said on Wednesday.

Radiation levels soar in sea near nuke plant

Radiation levels in the sea off Japan's stricken nuclear plant hit their highest reading yet, officials said on Wednesday, amid a struggle to deal with large amounts of radioactive water at the site.

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