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Japan marks a month since tsunami

Japan on Monday was marking a month since a 9.0-magnitude undersea quake sent a powerful tsunami crashing into its coast, devastating entire towns and sparking the worst nuclear emergency in 25 years.

People across the country were expected to pause at 2:46pm (0546 GMT), the moment Japan's biggest ever recorded earthquake struck, setting off a chain of events that has left workers scrambling to tame runaway atomic reactors.

With around 13,000 people known to have died and 15,000 still officially listed as missing, it is the worst tragedy

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Japan PM visites


JAPAN'S prime minister today surveyed the damage caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed as many as 25,000.

His visit came as officials revealed that highly radioactive water was leaking into the sea from the nuclear power station stricken by the disaster.
The Fukushima plant has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when its cooling systems were knocked out by the tsunami.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan went to the plant and flew over the

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