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Tsunami warnings withdrawn after brief advisory, Fukushima nuclear power plant safe.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.
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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.
Radiation effects at Chernobyl and Fukushima disaster sites continue to be seen in plants and animals.
5 years after the disaster cancer risk is difficult to evaluate and evacuees suffer from psychological problems.
11 March marks the five-year anniversary of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster. What caused the explosions?