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| Nuclear scare after Japan quake | Nuclear scare after Japan quake |
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| A strong earthquake in central Japan has damaged a large nuclear power plant causing a leak of radioactive material, officials at the plant have said. | A strong earthquake in central Japan has damaged a large nuclear power plant causing a leak of radioactive material, officials at the plant have said. |
| Water containing radioactive substances leaked into the sea and a fire broke out at the Kashiwazaki plant. | |
| Reactors at the plant automatically shut during the magnitude 6.8 quake. Officials said only a small amount of material escaped. | |
| At least seven people were killed and hundreds injured in the earthquake. | At least seven people were killed and hundreds injured in the earthquake. |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company said the amount of radioactive material that leaked into the sea posed no environmental risk. | |
| PM's visit | |
| Several hundred homes and businesses in Niigata prefecture were destroyed, roads were cracked and several landslides buried roads. | |
| More than 7,000 people were evacuated from their homes as aftershocks of up to 5.8 magnitude shook the area. | |
| Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe broke off from election campaigning to visit the area. | |
| He promised to "make every effort towards rescue and also to restore services such as gas and electricity". |