Quake in Japan Raises Fears About Nuclear Safety
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Japanese authorities today suspended the operation of a nuclear power plant damaged by yesterdayâs earthquake.
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Japanese authorities warned of possible aftershocks after two strong earthquakes hit western Japan on Sunday, but said the tremors were not directly linked to the sort of massive quakes that rocked the area six decades ago.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - More than 12,000 people huddled in evacuation centers in northwest Japan on Tuesday after an earthquake flattened homes, killing nine elderly people, injuring around 1,000 and triggering a leak of contaminated water from a nuclear plant.
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Thousands of residents of northern Japan camped outdoors, unnerved by a day of aftershocks from the nation's deadliest earthquake in a decade.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast yesterday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea -- an accident not reported to the public for hours.
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Two strong earthquakes that struck western Japan are unlikely to be precursors to the type of massive tremors that hit the region every century or so and the chances of major aftershocks seem low, a government panel said on Monday.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan -- Radioactive material leaked undetected for days at an earthquake-battered nuclear power plant even as the utility was assuring the public that the damage posed no danger to those outside the site, company executives acknowledged yesterday.
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An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the Tokyo area but there were no immediate reports of damage, officials said.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A series of earthquakes and aftershocks rattled northern Japan yesterday, killing at least 13 people. More than 700 were injured as buildings crumbled, a bullet train derailed and roadways were torn apart.
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Japan's capital has a 90 percent chance of being devastated by a major earthquake some time in the next 50 years, according to a study by a government panel.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Officials at the world's biggest nuclear power plant said on Tuesday there had been more minor radiation leaks after an earthquake in Japan that killed nine people and forced thousands from their homes.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - A strong earthquake flattened houses in northwestern Japan on Monday, killing at least six people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and sparking a small fire at the world's biggest nuclear power plant.
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A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea &#151; an accident not reported to the public for hours.
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A Japanese nuclear power plant -- the world's biggest -- may be shut down for more than a year while a safety study is made after an earthquake caused radiation leaks and showed that the plant was built above an active fault.
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A small amount of water used to cool radioactive spent fuel rods at a Japanese nuclear reactor leaked into the Sea of Japan as a result of a massive earthquake that struck the country yesterday, though officials of Tokyo Electric Power insisted it posed no danger.
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Shaken by a string of deadly earthquakes and aftershocks, Japan is in the grips of an unlikely rescue saga. Rescue teams working in Nagaoka, one of the city&#39;s worst-hit by the initial earthquake on Saturday
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Nearly 8,000 people spent an anxious night in evacuation centers in northwestern Japan after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses and killed at least seven people.