The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Wednesday it feared nuclear fission had resumed inside one of the reactors.

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A Japanese lawmaker has drunk a glass of water taken from a radioactive puddle inside a reactor building at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in a bid to prove decontamination efforts are working.

A radiation hotspot has been detected in Tokyo, reports said on Thursday as researchers carry out stringent tests to map how far contamination has spread from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfares to visit the country next year in an attempt to boost the tourism industry which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said Monday.

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Japan's government estimates the amount of radioactive caesium-137 released by the Fukushima nuclear disaster so far is equal to that of 168 Hiroshima bombs, a news report said here on Thursday.

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A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook northeast Japan's Fukushima prefecture, home to a crippled nuclear power plant, early Sunday, but there was no risk of tsunami, seismologists said.

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Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to monitor their exposure levels, a city official sai

The head of the company operating Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down and is taking responsibility for the handling of Japan's nuclear crisis, media reports said on Friday.

Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao would visit Japan's Tsunami hit areas, including Fukushima, where a ruptured nuclear power plant triggered massive radiation crisis, during his upcoming tour to step up bilateral ties.

Toyota on Monday resumed operations at all its domestic plants that had been halted since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with production volume still at around 50 per cent due to a parts shortage.