Now playing Next Japan Five years on: Japan remembers tsunami and earthquake victims Five years on, Japan pays tribute to the almost 19,000 victims of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. 11/03/2016
Now playing Next Sport Judo helping to heal the emotional scars left by 2011 tsunami On March 11, 2011 Japan was rocked to its core both metaphorically and literally. A 9 magnitude earthquake just 60-odd kilometres off Japan’s east 10/03/2016
Now playing Next Japan Before and after: The scars of Japan's tsunami five years on One of the biggest earthquakes in history shook Japan’s northeast five years ago. It triggered a 10-metre tsunami which smashed into the Fukushima 09/03/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Fukushima nuclear disaster site: a suitable tourist destination? The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site is not to be an official tour site, despite the wishes of some Japanese to take visitors there for so-called 'dark tourism'. 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Japan Ahead of Fukushima anniversary residents worry about future of affected areas Locals say the future will depend on young people returning and so far there's only a handful, amid lingering fears about radioactivity 02/03/2016
Now playing Next Japan Japan: Naraha lifts Fukushima evacuation order People have been returning to the Japanese town of Naraha after it officially lifted an evacuation order imposed following the Fukushima nuclear 05/09/2015
Now playing Next Japan Boost in power output delayed at Japan's Sendai nuclear reactor A planned power increase from the first Japanese nuclear reactor restarted since the Fukushima meltdown has been delayed. Kyushu Electric last week 21/08/2015
Now playing Next Japan Company hails breakthrough in Fukushima nuclear clear-up The company that operates the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, says it has managed to remove a 20-ton fuel handling machine from one of the 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Japan Reactor cover to be dismantled at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant The operator of Japan’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has reportedly started work on dismantling a cover placed over a reactor 15/05/2015
Now playing Next Japan Japan court says 'no' to restarting Takahama nuclear reactors A court in Japan has issued an injunction preventing two nuclear reactors from being restarted at the country’s Takahama plant, citing safety 14/04/2015
Now playing Next Japan Two nuclear reactors retired in Japan as it hosts UN disaster conference Two Japanese power companies have announced they will scrap three ageing nuclear reactors. It marks the first moves to permanently shut down nuclear 17/03/2015
Now playing Next Japan Japan remembers victims of Fukushima disaster exactly four years on Four years to the day since Fukushima, a minute of silence has been observed across Japan to remember the more than 18,000 people dead or missing in 11/03/2015
Now playing Next no comment Palestinian children fly kites to mark anniversary of Japan Tsunami 11/03/2015
Now playing Next Japan Japan's 2011 earthquake disaster still reverberates Four years ago on 11th March the earth shook Japan. The magnitude nine quake went on for six minutes, the strongest the archipelago had ever 10/03/2015
Now playing Next Germany German protesters call for end to nuclear power as they remember Fukushima Thousands of demonstrators have called for an end to nuclear energy during a rally in Neckarwestheim, in southern Germany. They gathered in the town 08/03/2015
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