The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has said it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea.

People across Japan today remembered the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world’s worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.

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The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant is stepping down because of illness.

Japan’s new prime minister has promised to restart nuclear plants following safety checks ordered after the crisis at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

A STRONG earthquake yesterday jolted the same area of northeastern Japan that was hit by a massive quake in March.

THE German cabinet signed off yesterday on a bill phasing out nuclear power in Europe’s biggest economy by 2022, prompted by the disaster in March at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japan’s car sales plunged nearly 40% in March after the tsunami and nuclear disaster, an industry group said today.

Extremely small levels of radiation over Ireland from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant pose no health threat, authorities said.

Stricter controls are being put on the food that the Republic of Ireland imports from Japan.

Engineers are still battling to restore power to Japan's quake-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Trace amounts of radioactive iodine were detected in tap water in Tokyo and five other areas, amid concerns about leaks from a damaged nuclear power plant, the Japanese government said today.

A study has revealed that the tsunami which devastated Japan last week was at least 23 metres high.

Widespread fear that Japan’s nuclear crisis could send radioactive fallout Russia’s way is proving a bonanza for shops selling everything from face masks and iodine to vodka and wine.

The metal container sheltering a nuclear reactor was not affected by an explosion that destroyed the building it is in, Japan’s government spokesman said today.

Yaroslov Shtrombakh, a Russian nuclear expert, has said that a Chernobyl-style meltdown is "unlikely" at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Japanese authorities have widened the evacuation area to 20kms around the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural, mountainous area of northern Japan today, killing at least three people, triggering landslides, stopping train service and knocking down a bridge.