Fukushima

Torchbearers believe event will show world area is no ‘nuclear wasteland’

Honouring the 20,000 victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and triggered nuclear meltdowns

Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami that hit northeastern Japan

Nearly a decade after the Fukushima disaster shut down most of the country’s reactors

The releasing the water into the sea or evaporating it were both "realistic options" says government panel

Nearly half a million people fled their homes in the first days after the earthquake

Readings show levels in three Japanese cities are almost the same as in major cities outside of Japan, including Seoul

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were acquitted in the only criminal trial stemming from the 2011 disaster

Launches new visa statuses to attract foreign workers and ease the impact of the nation's shrinking workforce

The torch will visit all 47 Japanese prefectures before the lighting of the Olympic cauldron

Tokyo Electric Power Company still needs to get local consent to bring the reactors online

The plant has been idle since the disaster as have been many other nuclear power plants in Japan

Around 12,000 people fled over radiation fears have filed various group lawsuits against the government

Locating the fuel debris is part of the decommissioning process for the plant expected to take decades

National broadcaster NHK urged residents to flee immediately to higher ground

Despite public opposition to nuclear power as a result of disaster, government has pushed to restart idled reactors

The order would bring the number of operating reactors in Japan down to two

Areas devastated by Fukushima disaster have become hotspots for "dark tourism" and draw annually over 2,000 visitors

Scientists have warned, however, that more data are needed to determine the ultimate impact of Fukushima meltdown

Media says charges are linked to deaths of over 40 hospitalised patients who were hastily evacuated and later died

Kansai Electric says company plans to restart its No 4 reactor in late February

Decision paves way to restart two reactors at Ohi plant nearly five years after Fukushima crisis

Tokyo District Court voids NHK's decision to end contract of radio programmes announcer Emmanuelle Bodin

After the nuclear crisis in March 2011, Naraha is the first town to allow all of its residents to return home

IAEA report criticises safety assumptions by nuclear plant operators that were not challenged by regulators or govt

Deceased, Fumio Okubo was the oldest resident of Iitate village 40 kilometres from the Fukushima Daiichi plant