Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of the city, causing some to leave the capital or stock up on food and supplies.
Radiation Scare in Japan Worsens
A combination of handout satellite images show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on November 21, 2004 (L) and on March 14, 2011 (R) as the No.3 nuclear reactor is burning after a blast following an earthquake and tsunami – (Reuters)
Japan Self-Defense Force officers prepare for a clean-up at a radiation affected area in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 15, 2011 – (Reuters)
Futaba Kosei Hospital patients are assisted by Japan Self Defense Force personnel as they disembark from a helicopter in the compound of Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 13, 2011 – (AP)
Futaba Kosei Hospital patients who might have been exposed to radiation are carried into the compound of Fukushima Gender Equality Centre in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima Prefecture (state) after being evacuated from the hospital in Futaba town near the trouble
An official wearing a protective suit helps usher people through a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday, four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast, March 15, 2011 – (AP)
A woman carries a heat blanket as she leaves a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, Tuesday, four days after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast, March 15, 2011 – (AP)
Officials wearing clothing to protect against radiation directs people to a center to scan residents who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday's earthquake Tuesday, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Jap