http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12711226#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Japan earthquake section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:29:22 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12711226#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Rare access to the crippled nuclear plant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17192215#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17192215 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:13:07 GMT The crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster", a Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18718057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18718057 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:09:44 GMT An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17124909#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17124909 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:05:35 GMT Hundreds of protesters gather as Japan restarts the first nuclear reactor since the crisis at Fukushima last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18662892#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18662892 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:55:31 GMT Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, agree to the nationalisation of the company. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18606808#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18606808 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:56:11 GMT Japan sells seafood caught off Fukushima's coast for the first time since the nuclear crisis, but offerings are limited due to contamination. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18582371#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18582371 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:17:28 GMT Officials were guilty of multiple failures in their response the nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant in March, an official report says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16334434#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16334434 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:58:15 GMT The Japanese government admits failing to keep records of key meetings dealing with the country's nuclear crisis last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16754891#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16754891 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:39:48 GMT Japan's prime minister says the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant has finally been stabilised, nine months after the earthquake and tsunami. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16212057#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16212057 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:06:33 GMT Contaminated water leaks from a treatment system at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with some potentially entering the sea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16032975#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16032975 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:40:33 GMT The explosions at the plant explained http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12726591#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12726591 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:24:45 GMT See quakes around Japan since 11 March http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12748215#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12748215 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:45:40 GMT What's inside an emergency survival bag? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12759840#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12759840 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:43:33 GMT Satellite imagery and graphics help explain radiation leaks at Fukushima plant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12911190#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12911190 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:35:12 GMT Satellite images of the town of Rikuzentakata http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12743904#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12743904 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:56:21 GMT Aerial image of Fukushima plant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12762381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12762381 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:47:21 GMT Video and images from affected areas http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12722187#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12722187 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:54:37 GMT Photos taken before and after the tsunami http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12731781#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12731781 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:59:46 GMT Six months on from the tsunami that devastated parts of Japan and resulted in the deaths of thousands, the rebuilding process continues. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14891018#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14891018 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:44:22 GMT Panorama travels to Okawa in Japan to hear from tsunami survivors and to hear about one mother's search for the body of her missing 12-year-old daughter. http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9588000/9588563.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9588000/9588563.stm Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:50:41 GMT Hundreds of people in Japan pay to sleep on a bus just to wake up the next day to work for free. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14738649#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14738649 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:13:32 GMT Two months after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan the task of clearing up the wreckage has barely begun. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13408799#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13408799 Mon, 16 May 2011 06:50:06 GMT Children in Japan are back at school after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, with some pupils still having to live in the school building. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13330293#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13330293 Mon, 09 May 2011 06:20:19 GMT The Japanese government has unveiled a $50bn emergency budget for disaster relief after last month's earthquake and tsunami http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13171563#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13171563 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:57:22 GMT The BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports from the north-eastern fishing village of Otsuchi, where he found people determined to rebuild their shattered community. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13030529#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13030529 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:52:38 GMT Japan is still struggling to to stabilise the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, almost a month after the earthquake and tsunami that caused the problems. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13027790#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13027790 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:44:56 GMT Since the earthquake, the Fukushima plant is no longer supplying the electricity it once did. How is the population coping with attempts to conserve energy? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005314#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13005314 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:10:09 GMT Roland Buerk reports from Oirase, where a sea wall proved decisive in protecting citizens from the tsunami that devastated Japan's north east coast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12923699#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12923699 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:49:09 GMT Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have visited an evacuation centre for earthquake and tsunami victims in the Tokyo area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12905383#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12905383 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:01:27 GMT New pictures have emerged from inside the 20km exclusion zone around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12887366#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12887366 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:04:14 GMT New footage of the Japanese tsunami's swelling waves has been released by the country's coast guard. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12797471#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12797471 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:45:20 GMT More footage has emerged of the tsunami reaching the port town of Miyako City in Iwate Prefecture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769741#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769741 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:27:55 GMT The BBC's Damian Grammaticas has travelled to a tsunami-hit town in eastern Japan, which he says was "once a pleasant fishing port" but has been "wiped from the map". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12740339#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12740339 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:30:11 GMT An explosion is reported at a Japanese nuclear power plant where a meltdown is feared as a huge relief operation continues after Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12721498#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12721498 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:42:04 GMT Footage filmed on 13 March of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures shows flattened buildings, fires still burning and stranded ships. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725760#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725760 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:05:18 GMT New footage shows the force with which the tsunami struck Japan's coast. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:06:07 GMT Guide to how tsunamis occur, in graphics http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533972.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533972.stm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:34:01 GMT How authorities work to prepare for the tsunami threat http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709793#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709793 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:42:46 GMT Toll of earthquakes and effect of technology http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/2059330.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/2059330.stm Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:50:15 GMT Scales of earthquakes explained http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12540504#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12540504 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:44:34 GMT Can the US experience at Three Mile Island help? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12754404#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12754404 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:53:42 GMT Power plant explosion raises more questions than answers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:44:17 GMT German Chancellor announces a "measured exit" from nuclear power http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12769810#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12769810 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:06:20 GMT China rows back on nuclear following the explosions in Japan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12769392 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:11:13 GMT Countries reconsider plans following crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12747734#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12747734 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:08:23 GMT Do people understand the level of risk around nuclear power? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12746129#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12746129 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:42:50 GMT Minamisoma, hit by both tsunami and nuclear crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16306486#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16306486 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:52:54 GMT How Japan stabilised the Fukushima nuclear plant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16098663#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16098663 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:12:03 GMT Can Japan move beyond nuclear power? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14224409#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14224409 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:51:15 GMT Inside the exclusion zone, where little stirs apart from stray animals http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14887765#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14887765 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:03:36 GMT Tsunami survivor swims for friends who lost their lives http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14853511#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14853511 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:47:39 GMT Family life in Tokyo, six months after leaving Fukushima http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14802398#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14802398 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:30:41 GMT Fukushima residents allowed back home, but only briefly http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14270736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14270736 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:15 GMT A country without leaders struggles to recover http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14066242#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14066242 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:45:47 GMT How Japan can clean up piles of rubbish left by tsunami http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13388370#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13388370 Sat, 14 May 2011 23:02:31 GMT One town's struggle in the wake of the quake http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13029824#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13029824 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:31:07 GMT Hard choices for those living inside Japan's nuclear exclusion zone http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13033604#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13033604 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:42:51 GMT Evacuees from plant town face tough times http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12983554#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12983554 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:26:17 GMT Footage of tsunami will help predict future disasters, experts say http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12786619#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12786619 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:48:43 GMT Nurses juggle births with treating quake victims http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12905581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12905581 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:31:27 GMT 'I was at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant when the quake hit' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12923834#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12923834 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:24:47 GMT Viewpoint: Why Fukushima 'should not turn us against nuclear power' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:50:45 GMT Japan's fishermen brace for the worst after the Fukushima crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12907178#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12907178 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:13:26 GMT No immediate end in sight for Japan nuclear crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12896690#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12896690 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:51:34 GMT The man who survived two tsunamis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12883815#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12883815 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:32:45 GMT Has Japan's massive earthquake increased the threat to Tokyo? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12792943#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12792943 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:35:38 GMT Correspondent Richard Black examines background to breach http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12745186#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12745186 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:50:50 GMT What are the effects of radiation exposure? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12722435#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12722435 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:47:09 GMT