Tuesday's explosion at the No. 2 reactor in the Fukushima complex, 150 miles north of Tokyo, for the first time raised the possibility that the key containment structure of the unit, which protects the reactor vessel and keeps dangerous radioactive materials from leaking out, had been damaged.
The company also said its fab in Aizu-wakamatsu, about 150 miles north of Tokyo, also was damaged in the earthquake, but that equipment there already is being re-started and full production is estimated by mid-April, assuming a stable power supply.
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Radioactivity contaminated the soil and sea near the plant, the Tokyo water supply and trace amounts of radiation are being detected in Asia and North America.
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Mobilityland Corporation, the Japanese operator of the Motegi venue, north of Tokyo, said it hoped MotoGP fans could attend the event later in the season.
Yuki-tsumugi is a Japanese silk-weaving technique found principally in Yuki City and Oyama City, along the Kinu River, north of Tokyo.
One great journey is to the hills outside of Yonezawa, in Yamagata prefecture, four hours north of Tokyo by train.
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On Friday, those comments were given some added weight when Sumitomo, which had been mentioned in the telegram from Tokyo, announced the closure of their car parts factory in the North East of England.
Yet in Nishi-Koizumi in Gunma prefecture, just north of Tokyo, a town dominated by a Sanyo electronics plant, the picture is different.
He also pointed out that Tokyo was some 220km (136 miles) from the affected zone, in the north-east of the country.
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Having enough power for heat and light have become serious concerns in the Tokyo area in the midst of the emergency unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to the north.
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