Fukushima

Japan began releasing treated radioactive waste water from the damaged nuclear plant into the sea in August of this year.

A tsunami warning for waves of up to a metre in parts of northeast Japan was lifted in the early hours of Thursday

The ALPS filtration process removes most radioactive elements from the water, but some remain, including tritium.

The relay launch will put the spotlight back on the region affected by the 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power said Monday workers started removing the first of 566 fuel units stored in the pool at building No 3. 

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) ordered to pay £100,000 to family of 102-year-old Fumio Okubo who killed himself when told to flee Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Foreign secretary makes diplomatic gesture in move filmed by his Japanese counterpart during UK visit.

Experts advise firm in charge of Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by a tsunami in 2011, to release about 1m tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific.

The disastrous accident at the power plant in Japan was triggered by the 2011 tsunami which caused nuclear meltdowns in three of the reactors.

A six-month trial to deliver food by drones is being rolled out in Minamisoma, a neighbouring town of the Fukushima nuclear disaster site.

Beaches are leaching highly radioactive caesium.

Previous attempts to find fuel deposits have not been successful due to extremely high radiation levels.

Japanese conglomerate's board approves plans for Pittsburgh-based company to file for Chapter 11.

The sixth anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated swathes of Japan on 11 March 2011.

The animals descended from the mountains and invaded residential areas after people were forced to flee after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe.

The evacuation order for several towns in the shadow of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is set to be lifted on 31 March.

The plant suffered 3 meltdowns as a result of the tsunami on 11 March, 2011.

Disaster triggered tsunami which killed nearly 15,000 and sparked a nuclear disaster on 11 March 2011.

Tsunami warnings withdrawn after brief advisory, Fukushima nuclear power plant safe.

Diplomacy with the DPRK has failed, but there are many North Koreans who still have networks back home.

Hundreds of flights have been grounded and work suspended at damaged Fukushima nuclear reactor.

Watch this special documentary from IBTimes UK on the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

War in the east and new concerns raised by the Fukushima disaster presents a dangerous future for Ukraine.

Despite heavy culling, boar population is increasing dramatically, adding to woes of residents in the region.

A project to freeze soil around the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant has started, estimated to finish in 2020.

The country mourned the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago.

On 3 March 2011, a massive earthquake hit northern Japan, triggering a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and sparked a nuclear disaster.

A time-lapse using Google Street View images shows the reconstruction efforts since the natural disaster.

Deadly quake triggered a massive tsunami in 2011 leaving up to 19,000 people either dead or missing.

Radioactive leaks at Fukushima following earthquake and tsunami in 2011 still lethal 5 years on.