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Scrambling hard to contain its worst atomic crisis, Japan is mulling setting up of a huge underground tank in the compound of Fukushima nuclear plant to prevent contamination from seeping into sea from the crippled facility, where a woman worker was exposed to radiation exceeding three times the legal limit.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko surveyed the tsunami-battered areas of Miyagi prefecture in their first visit to the northeastern coast since the March 11 magnitude-9 quake and tsunami that left nearly 30,000 people dead or unaccounted for.
The imperial couple travelled to Miyagi on a Self-Defense Force plane from Tokyo and were briefed by Governor Yoshihiro Murai on the damage caused to the prefecture, following which they flew by a helicopter to the town of Minami Sanriku to comfort tsunami survivors, national broadcaster NHK said.
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko surveyed the tsunami-battered areas of Miyagi prefecture in their first visit to the northeastern coast since the March 11 magnitude-9 quake and tsunami that left nearly 30,000 people dead or unaccounted for.
The imperial couple travelled to Miyagi on a Self-Defense Force plane from Tokyo and were briefed by Governor Yoshihiro Murai on the damage caused to the prefecture, following which they flew by a helicopter to the town of Minami Sanriku to comfort tsunami survivors, national broadcaster NHK said.
