Japan Nuclear Evacuations

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  Workers At Fukushima Plant Evacuate As Quake Near Russia Sparks Tsunami Alert

  Workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan were evacuated Wednesday after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Russia's far east triggered tsunami warnings around the Pacific.

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  Tokyo Simulates First Military Attack Since WW II Amid North Korea Threat

  Hundreds of Tokyo residents scrambled for cover Monday in the Japanese capital's first evacuation drill for a military attack since World War II, amid ongoing tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.

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  Japan Lifts Evacuation Order for Radiation-Hit Fukushima Town

  The Japanese government today lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years after ordering mass relocations near the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant.

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  Evacuation Advisory Lifted for Japan Volcano Near Nuclear Plant

  Japan's southwestern city of Kagoshima on Saturday lifted an evacuation advisory on three areas within a 3-km (two-mile) radius of an active volcano 50 km (30 miles) from the Sendai nuclear plant that restarted operations last week.

• Japan to lift part of Fukushima evacuation order: official

  Japan will lift an exclusion order on an area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, allowing some residents to return to live for the first time since the disaster.

• Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan

  Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday, highlighting the continued threat to the area devastated by the 2011 quake-tsunami.

• Japan PM Launches English Twitter account

  After the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, social networking sites have contributed significantly to help people find loved ones.

• Powerful typhoon headed toward Japan disaster zone

  A powerful typhoon was bearing down on Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast on Wednesday, approaching a nuclear power plant crippled in that disaster and prompting calls for the evacuation of more than a million people.

• Strong aftershock as Japan urges more evacuations

  A strong aftershock struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Monday as the Japanese government said it was preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation. (Japan earthquake in pics)The United States Geological Service said the quake, near the crippled Fukushim...

• Japan: Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated after fresh quake

  The strongest aftershock to hit since the day of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan rocked a wide section of the country's northeast on Thursday night, prompting a tsunami alert, raising fears of further damage to the already crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and knocking out external power at three other nuclear facilities.The pub...