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US sailors prepare for fresh legal challenge over Fukushima radiation
20 Aug 2014: $1bn lawsuit accuses Tepco of failing to avoid the accident and of lying about radiation levels that have caused health problems to themselves and their families stationed in Japan
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10 Sep 2014:
Japan's 2011 plant meltdown has torn apart close families, leaving elderly relatives isolated and villages uninhabited
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10 Sep 2014: Nuclear watchdog gives go-ahead to switch two reactors back on but Shinzo Abe faces uphill battle to win over sceptical public
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26 Aug 2014: Family of Hamako Watanabe, who fled nuclear disaster and later doused herself in petrol, successfully sue plant operator Tepco
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20 Aug 2014: $1bn lawsuit accuses Tepco of failing to avoid the accident and of lying about radiation levels that have caused health problems to themselves and their families stationed in Japan
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24 Jul 2014: Primates in Fukushima region found to have low white and red blood cell levels and radioactive caesium
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15 Jul 2014: Geological disturbances caused by 2011 tremors mean active volcano is in a 'critical state', say scientific researchers
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29 Jun 2014: Government wants to build 440 walls along coastline, but some residents believe a concrete fortress is not the answer
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17 Jun 2014: Tepco says it is behind schedule with scheme because temperature of pipes sunk into ground is not low enough
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22 May 2014:
Kazuto Tatsuta, who worked on cleanup at nuclear plant, hopes his work 'tells people about things that the media never see'
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21 May 2014:
Tepco hails 'major milestone' in cleanup operation three years after earthquake and tsunami damaged reactors at nuclear plant
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