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A general view of a building of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from a bus during a media tour at the plant in Fukushima prefecture in this June 12, 2013, file photo. (REUTERS/Noboru Hashimoto/Pool/Files)

Japan vows quick action, public funds for Fukushima

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Japan vowed quick, decisive action, including the use of public funds, to tackle the worsening problem of contaminated water pouring from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as the authorities step in to help the facility’s embattled operator....

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A handout picture made available on 20 August 2013 and taken on 19 August 2013 shows highly radioactive water leaked from drain valve of contaminated water storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, Japan. (EPA/TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO)

Wrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The storage tank...

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A protester holds aloft an anti-nuclear power plant sign as they stage a rally at a park in Tokyo, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Thousands in Japan Anti-Nuclear Protest Two Years After Fukushima

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2013 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Thousands of protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday calling on the government to shun nuclear power, a day before the second anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that triggered the world’s worst atomic disaster in 25 years. Japan...