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A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 . (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (Koji Sasahara)

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Emergency landing grounds Boeing 787 jets in Japan

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In this April 12, 2011 photo released by the Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News, a Japanese soldier is tested for radiation exposure at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's worst nuclear disaster, northeastern Japan. The sports complex is about about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Japan mulls a stricter evacuation zone near plant

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Concern in Tokyo over radiation in tap water

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McDonald’s opens Hamburger Univ. in Shanghai

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