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Japan’s top government spokesperson said Monday that they were aware of many instances of harassment phone calls from people in China over the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He said the calls were “extremely regrettable” and urged the Chinese government to call on its people to “act calmly.”

Japan began to release treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, beginning the process it had first agreed to two years ago. As Sean Previl reports, nuclear analysts have stressed the release meets international safety standards but it isn’t stopping some countries like China from taking action.

Despite mixed reactions and calls not to do so, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirmed on Tuesday that the nation will begin releasing more than a million tons of water from its Fukushima power plant on Thursday, insisting that it is safe to do so. The since-treated water was used to cool multiple nuclear reactors...

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Hundreds of people gathered to protest in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, as the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, arrived in the country in an effort to calm fears over Japan’s plan to discharge treated radioactive water from its tsunami-hit Fukushima plant.

Global News reporter Erica Vella talks to a man who experienced both the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the great east Japan earthquake in the first episode of Global’s podcast ‘Whatever happened To.’

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast on Feb. 13, close to Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, but could be felt as far south as Tokyo, according to Japanese reports. Fukushima Train Station experienced flooding as well.

Radiation hot spots have been detected near where the Olympic torch relay is set to start off in Fukushima, according to non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace.

A Japanese industrial group unveiled on Thursday a swimming robot designed to be used underwater to probe damage from meltdowns that occurred at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Sakari Momoi, a native of Fukushima in northern Japan, was given a certificate at a hospital in Tokyo after an American man, also aged 111-years-old, passed away in June. Momoi, a former teacher, said he wanted to live longer, at least another two years.

It’s been seven years since the Fukushima nuclear accident and a new study by Simon Fraser University found “no adverse effects” on B.C.’s coast.

Global News reporter Erica Vella explains the concept behind her new podcast. We hear from a man who experienced both the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the great east Japan earthquake.

The Chief Decommissioning Officer of the Fukushima nuclear plant says they have yet to locate where melted nuclear fuel has gone, five years after the 2011 meltdown.

Another cat has been appointed stationmaster in Japan, as Love took over duties as nominal cat in charge at Ashinomakionsen Station in Fukushima Prefecture.

Footage posted online appears to show a Fukushima tsunami alert siren blaring across Fukushima, Japan following an earthquake Tuesday morning.

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that killed almost 20,000 people and the natural disaster caused the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima to go into meltdown. Global News reporter Erica Vella speaks with people impacted by the natural disaster and learns what has happened...

Raw footage shows the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that hit Japan off the coast of Fukushima. One shot shows items in a grocery store knocked off shelves.

Raw footage shows the moment a 6.9 earthquake hit Japan – off the coast of Fukushima – Tuesday morning. A tsunami warning has also been issued.

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan. Tens of thousands of residents escaped when radiation spewed into the air — but some never left, including the pets of those forced to flee.

China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday called a recently-announced plan by the Japanese government to release contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea “extremely irresponsible.” The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it will release more than 1 million tonnes of the contaminated water into the ocean.