Water poisonous for Tokyo infants
The Tokyo Water Bureau has warned parents not let their infants drink the city's radioactive water supply, with levels two times the recommended limit for infants.
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Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said they were "resigned to death" when the 9-magnitude quake struck on March 11.
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Japan disaster: Barrage of threats adds to confusion in disaster region
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Get out of Tokyo, Kiwis told
MFAT has upgraded its advice to New Zealand citizens in quake-devastated Japan, warning Kiwis to leave Tokyo and northern Honshu.
Pregnant NZer flees Japan after nuclear fears
A pregnant New Zealander living near a nuclear power plant in quake-stricken Japan has managed to flee to safety.
Japan tsunami: Kiwis urged to escape possible catastrophe
Japan says crisis stabilised but others say 'worse than Chernobyl'
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As Japan deals with the after-effects of its strongest earthquake on record and an even more devastating tsunami, the world’s attention is focussed on the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Stocks sink further overnight on world markets
Equities on Wall St slid again overnight, as Japan's nuclear crisis showed no signs of abating and analysts tallied up the potential economic costs of the devastation.
Two NZers exposed to radiation in Japan
Two New Zealand rescue workers in Japan have had to be decontaminated after they were found to have been exposed to radiation after landing at the Fukushima airport.
Smoke rising from stricken plant
Smoke is billowing from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese media report, after the Government assured a fire that broke out at one of the plant's reactors earlier today was under control.
1800 NZers safe in Japan
MFAT still has "specific concerns" about one New Zealander missing in the affected area of tsunami-ravaged Japan.
Fire at nuclear plant now 'invisible'
The latest fire to break out at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant is under control, with the government saying the "fire and smoke is now invisible and it appears to have gone out of its own accord," following a report from the plant
Heroes of Fukushima - 50 remain at Daiichi
A group of workers - dubbed the Fukushima 50 - are working around the clock at the crippled nuclear complex to save Japan from a national..
NZers should not panic about nuclear fallout - scientist
People in New Zealand do not need to worry about radiation poisoning should a quake-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan suffer catastrophic meltdowns, an expert says.
NZ USAR team ready to start Japan search
New Zealand's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team in Japan are settled in the northern part of the country and about to start work helping to find survivors of Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.
Third blast at Japan nuclear plant
A third explosion in four days has rocked the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan. Today's blast at Dai-ichi Unit 2 follows two hydrogen explosions at the plant - at Unit 1 and Unit 3...