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Japan's tsunami-hit airport reopens

 Commercial aircraft landed in Sendai on Wednesday for the first time since the city's busy airport was crippled by the powerful tsunami that smashed into Japan last month.

The opening will provide a boost to an area constrained by road closures and limited train services, which has hampered the relief effort.

A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane from Tokyo's Haneda airport touched down on the runway around 8:00 am (2300 GMT Tuesday) and was greeted by staff as it taxied towards the terminal building.

JAL and competitor All Nippon Airlines (ANA)

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Japan's 7.1-quake causes radioactive water spill

 A powerful earthquake in northeast Japan rocked a nuclear plant, causing a small amount of radioactive water to spill, officials said Friday, but the operator said there was no immediate danger.

The 7.1-magnitude quake that hit late Thursday caused liquid to overflow from spent fuel pools in all three reactor buildings at the Onagawa plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Most seriously affected was reactor number two, where 3.8 litres from the spent fuel pool ended up on the floor of the operation room.

But operator Tohoku-Electric Power Co. said no radioactive l

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