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Fukushima seafood on sale for first time since nuclear disaster
For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster last year, seafood caught off the Fukushima coastline is being sold in local markets to test customer demand. On Monday, two types of octopus and one variety of marine snail deemed clear of radioactive...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Google+, Soma (drug), Japan, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Berlin Film Festival: 3 documentaries on Japan nuclear disaster
24 FramesLess than a year after the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan devastated whole towns and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, causing radioactive disaster, filmic portraits at the Berlin International Film Festival are presenting the human... -
Japanese cattle farmers worried about consumers¿ impression of beef brand
TOKYO — Livestock farmers in Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectures in Japan breathed a sigh of relief after the government lifted its ban on cattle shipments for their areas, but they are still worried the beef will be branded by consumers as...Tags: Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Politics, Consumers, Agriculture
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Chinese farmers frustrated on removing tainted straw
MORIOKA, Japan — Livestock farmers in three disaster-hit prefectures in the Tohoku region of Japan are having difficulty disposing of rice straw contaminated with radioactive cesium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Cattle farmers...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Forestry and Timber, Nuclear Power, Japan, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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Tokyo, 10 local governments in Japan start checking beef farms
TOKYO — Prefectural governments in the Tohoku and Kanto regions of Japan have started questioning cattle farm owners about their straw feed as they try to stop more beef tainted with radioactive cesium from reaching consumers, government sources...Tags: Local Government, Disasters, Forestry and Timber, Disasters and Accidents, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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Japan Widens Investigation Into Nuclear-Contaminated Beef
CNNTOKYO -- Japan announced Tuesday that all beef detected with radiation higher than government safety standards will be destroyed as the probe into beef contaminated from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant expands. This week governments in three...Tags: Disasters, Electricity Production and Distribution, Sushi and Sashimi, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Disasters and Accidents
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Sun rises on a devastated Japan the day after earthquake, tsunami
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSaturday sunrise in Japan illuminated harrowing scenes of destruction across the island nation rattled by the strongest earthquake in its recorded history, with huge coastal swaths under water from tsunami waves and plumes of black smoke filling the skies...Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Tokyo (Japan), Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power
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Japan earthquake, tsunami death toll rises to 1,000, reports say
Los Angeles TimesJapanese media reported at least 1,000 people are presumed dead from Friday's massive 8.9 earthquake, most drowned by the wall of water that swept across the northeast coast of the island nation. Thousands of others were stranded on rooftops,...Tags: Disasters, Emergency Planning, Elections, Disasters and Accidents, Foreign Aid
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Japan nuclear plant conditions worsening, local media reports
Conditions appear to be worsening at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, according to local media. The Kyodo news agency reported that the cooling system has failed at three reactors of Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Nuclear Power, News Agency, Japan
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Relief In Japan As New Tsunami Wave Turns Out To Be Minor
Web ReporterA tsunami triggered by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake Monday morning in Japan was a minor event. Authorities issued a tsunami advisory Monday morning for coastal areas of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan after a quake struck the region at 7:24 a.m....Tags: Disasters, Natural Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Tsunamis, Earthquakes
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FDA Bans Milk, Produce From Japan Amid Radiation Fears
![Tokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60331725-22160929.jpg "Tokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits\" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency.")
KTLA NewsTokyo -- Japan's Health Ministry reported Tuesday finding radioactive materials at levels "drastically exceeding legal limits" in 11 types of vegetable grown in Fukushima Prefecture, including broccoli and cabbage, according to Kyodo News Agency. None of...Tags: Disasters, Salt, Employees, Food and Drug Administration, KTLA
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