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Japan earthquake: small tsunami strike Fukushima coastline after 7.4 magnitude quake
The Telegraph   22 November 2016   Japan   Asia  
he Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture (CREDIT: AP)
<p>powerful earthquake off the northeast Japanese coast on Tuesday sent residents fleeing to higher ground and prompted worries about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami five year ago.</p> <p>Lines of cars were seen snaking away from the ...
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Japan fixes vast Fukuoka city sinkhole – in two days
The Guardian   15 November 2016   Japan   Asia  
This combination of two photos show a sinkhole on a road in Fukuoka on 8 November and the repaired same road on 15 November. Photograph: AP
<p>The 30 metre hole was repaired in 48 hours, although health and safety checks delayed the reopening.</p> <p>A section of road in the centre of the Japanese city of Fukuoka has reopened just days after a sinkhole opened up outside a busy railway station ...
Huge sinkhole swallows street in Fukuoka (video)
BBC NEWS   08 November 2016   Japan   Asia  
Aerial view of sinkhole (source: KYODO/REUTERS)
<p>A giant sinkhole swallowed a five-lane street in the centre of one of Japan's biggest cities on Tuesday morning.</p><p>The collapse began at around 05:00 local time (20:00 GMT Monday) near Hakata Station, the busiest in Fukuoka city in the southern island ...