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Clinton visits Tokyo in show of support for Japan (AP)

April 17th, 2011 | Author: admin

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second left, and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, second right, join the hands with U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO President Thomas Donohue, left, and Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of Japan's business association Nippon Keidanren, before a joint press conference in Tokyo Sunday, April 17, 2011. Clinton promised solidarity and support for longtime ally Japan as it recovers from a devastating earthquake and tsunami and copes with a nuclear crisis. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that America would stand by Japan, saying she was confident the country will fully recover from its tsunami and nuclear disasters.


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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Tokyo and environs (AP)

April 11th, 2011 | Author: admin

Handout provided by Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) shows engineers checking facilities at the control room of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant on March 23. Three workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant were exposed to high radiation as they sought to restore power to reactor three, with two hospitalised, the nuclear safety agency said Thursday.(NISA via JIJI Press/-)AP – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has jolted in Tokyo and its environs.


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TEPCO president hospitalized in Tokyo (AP)

March 30th, 2011 | Author: admin

A survivor takes a rest at a shelter in the devastated town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The March 11 quake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that barreled onshore and disabled the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP – The president of the beleaguered Tokyo utility company that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant leaking radiation in the northeast has been hospitalized with high blood pressure, the company said Wednesday.


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Tokyo shoppers clean store shelves of basic goods (AP)

March 24th, 2011 | Author: admin

A worker prepares to load boxes containing bottles of water onto a truck to distribute to households with infants, at a warehouse in Tokyo Thursday, March 24, 2011. Anxiety over Japan's food and water supplies soared following warnings about radiation leaking from Japan's tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant into Tokyo's tap water at levels unsafe for babies over the long term. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP – Nearly two weeks of rolling blackouts, distribution problems and contamination fears prompted by a leaking, tsunami-damaged nuclear plant have left shelves stripped bare of some basic necessities in stores across Tokyo. Some people are even turning to the city’s ubiquitous vending machines to find increasingly scarce bottles of water.


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Anxiety in Tokyo over radiation in tap water (AP)

March 23rd, 2011 | Author: admin

Shelves selling bottled water are empty at a convenience store in Tokyo Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP – Anxiety over Japan’s food and water supplies soared following warnings about radiation leaking from Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant into Tokyo’s tap water at levels unsafe for babies over the long term.


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Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water (AP)

March 23rd, 2011 | Author: admin

Shelves selling bottled water are empty at a convenience store in Tokyo Wednesday, March 23, 2011. A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan's radiation-leaking nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP – A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear plant.


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Concern in Tokyo over spike in tap water radiation (AP)

March 23rd, 2011 | Author: admin

Tokiko Takada, left, and her granddaughter Mai search through the rubble of their home destroyed by the March 11 tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP – A spike in radiation levels in Tokyo tap water spurred new fears about food safety Wednesday as rising black smoke forced another evacuation of workers trying to stabilize Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear plant.


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