Tsunami warning in Japan and Russia following 7.5 magnitude earthquake

Sea of Japan map
Sea of Japan map. Image: Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tsunami warning in Japan and Russia after 7.5-magnitude quake already leaving large waves off their shores. It occurred in Ishikawa prefecture, in the centre of the island of Honshu, off the coast of the Sea of Japan.

Japanese plan to discharge Fukushima contaminated water into the sea approved

Aerial view of the Fukushima I plant area
Aerial view of the Fukushima I plant area in 1975, showing sea walls and completed reactors. Photo: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

The discharge of more than 1.3 million tons of water from the nuclear power plant will begin this summer. The 2011 nuclear accident caused contaminated water storage problems.