Search for radiation source in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers unload metallic drums from a truck on Nov. 1, 2011, as part of the process to discover and remove radioactive material believed to be buried underground near a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. High levels of radiation have been detected at the site but the source is unlikely to be related to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, according to the science ministry. (Kyodo)

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000326877

Registered date
2011/11/01 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
1889 × 1192 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
588.76(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

'Hot spots' in Fukushima declared safe but few returning home

Shuichi Kanno, chief of the Takakura district of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, holds up a Geiger counter to measure the level of airborne radiation in the district on Jan. 22, 2015. The Japanese government has lifted its evacuation advisory for the once "hot spot" area in northeastern Japan by saying radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has returned to safe levels, but very few evacuees have actually decided to move back. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima children perform original play

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Elementary school children from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, perform an original play about their feelings for their hometown in November 2014 at a gymnasium in the city of Iwaki, also in the prefecture, where they have taken shelter. Futaba residents have not been allowed to return home due to high radiation levels stemming from the March 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

Evacuation order for part of Kawauchi Village lifted

KAWAUCHI, Japan - The village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 30, 2014. The Japanese government lifted its evacuation order, issued following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, for part of the eastern area of the village on Oct. 1, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities. (Kyodo)

Measure against contaminated water at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Workers wearing a metal protective vest against radiation works to build an underground frozen soil wall at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

Toyama gov. inspects temporary site for disaster debris

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii (R) measures airborne radiation levels at a temporary site for debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 9, 2012. Toyama Prefecture is considering accepting disaster debris from Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, talks with Chuhei Sakai (C), the leader of a group of residents promoting decontamination in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, while measuring radiation levels in Iwaki on Feb. 22, 2012. Kimura quit his job at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health when his boss at the government-affiliated institute refused to give the green light for the 44-year-old scientist's trip to Fukushima to collect soil and air samples immediately after the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

Fukushima evacuees in antinuclear rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Saori Abe (L), and her 10-year-old daughter Yurika, take part in a rally against nuclear power in Seoul on March 10, 2012. They evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

Taiwan holds events to mark 3/11 disaster in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Children take part in an antinuclear power demonstration of about 10,000 participants in Taipei on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The disaster triggered a nuclear crisis at a power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Work to reduce radiation in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers measure radiation levels at a blocked road beside the premises of a supermarket in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Nov. 15, 2011, before an operation to lower the levels. The high radiation levels in the area are apparently not related to an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as a buried bottle containing radium was removed at the supermarket site earlier in the month. (Kyodo)

German film director Wenders in Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned German film director Wim Wenders visits the municipal office of the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2011. People were advised to evacuate from the village due to the relatively high levels of radiation caused by the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)