baby food and milk 50 becquerels, drinking water just 10 becquerels. some devices in local government offices are unable to measure low levels of cesium or too slow in taking measurements. the health ministry decided more sensitive equipment which can detect levels as low as 25 becquerels of cesium is needed. >>> people that live on japan's northeast coast rely on trains to get from city to city. the tsunami last march knocked many of them off the tracks. miraculously, this train was spared. all 60 passengers survived. now ten months after the disaster, trains on that line are running again. >> reporter: this is the same train that survived the tsunami unscathed. one of the passengers on that day was this woman, a vocational school student. ten months later, she has come to ride on that same train again. >> translator: i don't know what to say. i can't believe this is the same train i was riding on that day. >> reporter: the train was about one kilometer from the coast when it was hit by the massive jolt of the quake and made an emergency stop. there w

the ministry found that the maximum level of radioactive cesium was about 44,000 becquerels per kilogram. the forestry ministry, the forestry agency last november notified prefecture that firewood contaminated with the 40 becquerels per kilogram should not be distributed. the wood in question was gathered from nearby forests by residents. the environment ministry has decided to examine how firewood is kept and used by residents in fukushima and surrounding prefectures. it will check the radiation levels in its ashes. >>> tens of thousands of people that used to live around fukushima daiichi are desperate to return home. they have been in temporary housing for months. the fact is, they'll likely stay there months more. their towns and villages need to be decontaminated. the government is trying to speed up the process, and says building a storage facility for contaminated waste is key. on this week's "nuclear watch," we look at the hurdles standing in the way of that plan. >> reporter: workers and residents started the decontamination process in fukushima prefecture last year. they're rem

the maximum level of cesium was 44,000 becquerels per milligram. firewood contaminated with over 40 becquerels should not be distributed. >>> the environment ministry decided to examine how firewood is kept and used by residents in fukushima and surrounding prefectures. >>> tokyo electric power company paid fukushima preif he canture $320 million to help those affected by the nuclear power accident last march. they made the first payment on thursday based on a negotiation. it's to be used for full body counters that measure levels of internal exposure to radiation and other programs. last august, a government panel had guidelines for determining the scope of such things. they have been holding talks to rk out details. fukushima officials say they plan to request compensation for decontamination work. >>> i pulled out my umbrella today for the first time in over a month. let's look at what is happening with the weather here and around the world. >>> welcome back to your weather update. let's begin with japan and tokyo after a long period of dry weat