Search results for ‘Japan earthquake tsunami and nuclear crisis’
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Japan: Fukushima workers re-enter damaged plant
Workers at Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have entered one of the reactor buildings for the first time since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a crippling explosion.
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Japan bans people from entering Fukushima evacuation zone
Japan has banned people from entering a 12 mile evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant following the tsunami. People will now only be able to go there under Government supervision.
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Japan tsunami video: panic as people flee for their lives
New footage has emerged of Japanese residents trying desperately to outrun the incoming tsunami, as huge torrents of water crash through a coastal town carrying houses and people in its wake.
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Japan raises nuclear crisis to Chernobyl level
The Fukushima incident is given the highest rating of 7, but the International Atomic Energy Agency says the amount of radioation at Chernobyl was ‘far higher’.
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Another earthquake rocks Japan
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck off the north east coast of Japan, as the region struggles to recover from last month’s devastating quake and tsunami. Alex Thomson speaks to people in Japan.
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Liam Gallagher on Japan’s ‘horrific’ tsunami
Liam Gallagher performs with his band Beady Eye at the Brixton Academy tonight in a concert to raise money for victims of last month’s Japan tsunami. Alex Thomson spoke to him after the sound check.
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Japan: life in the shadow of nuclear crisis
As Japan’s government rejects advice to widen the evacuation zone around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, a farmer in Iwate Prefecture tells Channel 4 News of life in the shadow of the crisis.
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Fukushima clean-up will take decades and cost billions
As the Japanese announce that four of the reactors at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will be decommissioned, an expert tells Channel 4 News the clean-up will take years and cost billions.
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Japan nuclear setback as radiation rises at Fukushima plant
Workers at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated after radioactivity in the water at reactor number 2 increased above the the usual limit. Radiation levels in Tokyo remain normal.
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New footage shows tsunami wave and damage to Fukushima plant
Newly released aerial footage from the day of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, shows both the immediate damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant and the massive tsunami wave heading inshore.
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Japanese nuclear power plant: friend of foe?
A nuclear plant in Japan, which is experiencing problems after the quake and tsunami, has taken in hundreds of local people who are homeless after the disaster. Alex Thomson tries to get inside to find out the full story but is denied access.
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Japan: engineers closer to restoring power at Fukushima
As Japanese engineers appear to make progress controlling the world’s worst nuclear crisis for 25 years, a nuclear expert tells Channel 4 News the plant may need to be encased in concrete.
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Japan's devastation and efficiency in the wake of tragedy
Nine days after the tsunami devastated Japan, Alex Thomson meets a family who have travelled hundreds of miles to say farewell to a missing loved-one.
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Japan’s miracle rescues nine days after tsunami
A pensioner and a teenager have been pulled alive from the rubble of the Japanese tsunami. The good news comes as officials say 15,000 people may have been killed in Miyagi prefecture alone.
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Japan: charities work under threat of nuclear meltdown
As charities work to help the millions affected by Japan’s tsunami, Save the Children’s Andrew Wander writes for Channel 4 News about the challenges of making “child friendly spaces” amid the carnage.