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Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tepco expects to stop pumping radioactive water into the ocean on Monday, days later than planned.
Japan’s government on Monday told the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to move quickly to stop radiation seeping into the ocean.
Officials grappling to end the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl tried to seal a crack that has been leaking radiation into the sea.
The high level of radiation in water flooding the basement at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant is probably due to a partial melting of fuel rods.
Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected.
China on Saturday demanded Japan apologise for holding a Chinese boat captain, showing few outward signs of softening in a dispute.
Japan on Monday freed the crew of a Chinese fishing boat held in disputed waters, but held on to the captain at the centre of a territorial rift.
A tiny tsunami hit an island south of Tokyo on Sunday after warnings that waves of more than three metres could batter Japan’s Pacific coast.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Tuesday for an August 30 election that polls show could see his party ousted.
