Japan drawing on Chernobyl lesson in dealing with Fukushima: Edano
TOKYO, April 26, Kyodo
Faced with the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan is drawing on lessons learnt in the aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl blast, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Tuesday, on the 25th anniversary of the incident.
''The studies and research on what kind of health problems could emerge based on Chernobyl have become an asset and knowledge shared by all humanity,'' the top government spokesman told a press conference.
''Those things served as an indirect factor'' in determining the evacuation and no-entry orders the government issued to residents near the Fukushima Daiichi plant since it was crippled shortly after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, he said.
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A part of international help to Japan
The World figure-skating championships opened in Russia on Monday. Single figure-skaters were the first to go onto the ice of the MegaSport Palace where qualifying events began................
Originally the Championships were to be held in Tokyo on the 21st to the 27th of March but due to the devastating earthquake in Japan they were moved to Moscow.
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