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Japan's top court says govt not responsible for Fukushima damage

A massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan's northeastern coast on 11 March 2011 struck Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco)'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant to cause the...

An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) looks up at a tank reserved for storing treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Sakura Murakami
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Tepco finds melting of ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium, which will host the baseball and softball competitions during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is seen in Fukushima, Japan, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
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Japan's Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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China, Japan trade acrimonious barbs over Fukushima tweet

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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Fukushima surfer, shop owner alarmed at water release plan, fears 'contaminated sea'

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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China will assess food safety threats posed by Fukushima water release

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks on the occasion of the third anniversary of his inauguration at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 10, 2020. Kim Min-Hee/Pool via Reuters
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South Korea aims to fight Japan's Fukushima decision in world tribunal

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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How Japan plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into the ocean

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
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Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea after treatment

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Japan to review release of contaminated nuclear power plant water into ocean - FNN

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) bows to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in front of the altar for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the national memorial service on day marking the 10th anniversary of the disaster, in Tokyo, Japan March 11, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS
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Japan marks 10th disaster anniversary while still recovering

Yoshihito Sasaki, who lost his wife, Mikiko, and his son Jinya in the 2011 tsunami, rarely walks along the coast near his home in Rikuzentakata, Japan. The sea took away those he loved. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Ten years on, grief never subsides for some survivors of Japan’s tsunami

Toshiharu Onoda, 59, of the 13th generation to take on the family pottery business, looks at his studio damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Namie town, near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan March 8, 2021. Picture taken March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Elaine Lies
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Ten years after disaster, Fukushima's 'singing' pottery comes home