tepco didn't tell us directly where radiation levels were highest. >> narrator: tepco now says most of their dosimeters were washed away in the tsunami, but that they ensured each group of workers had one. >> (translated): it was an emergency operation and we were in a hurry. no one complained, we all understood. even if it broke the rules, we kept quiet about it. >> narrator: when the pipes were laid, a steady flow of water at last started to cool the reactor cores. after days in fear of dying, the workers in the control center began to feel hope. >> (translated): people around me, their expressions grew brighter. angry voices fell silent. the bosses calmed down. >> narrator: weeks of difficult and often perilous work lay ahead. but the most dangerous phase of the crisis was over. >> narrator: the prime minister was later forced to resign, accused by his critics of mishandling the crisis. tepco faces having to pay tens of billions of dollars in damages. the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. the workers who battled to save the plant face an uncertain future. none of them have died

industry minister motegi has criticized tepco's handling of the issue. >> translator: i regret tepco's slow response to the problem. >> tepco executives say there is no risk that contaminated water will leak directly into the ocean. but the volume keeps increasing. workers are pumping about 400 tons out of the reactors each day. >>> executives at tepco must also comply with new safety standards. nuclear regulators announced the measures they will apply to all of japan's electric power companies. they cover disaster preparedness. companies must also meet stricter rules for restarting idled nuclear reactors. >>> nuclear regulation authority commissioners drew up the new standards in response to the fukushima nuclear accident. the commissioners approved a draft version of the standards. they'll take effect by mid-july. the rules require operators to prepare for significant nuclear accident and major earth kwaqua and tsunami. they must install power cables resistant to fire and back-up pipes for cooling reactors in an emergency. power company executives must build facilities to house emerg

industry minister motegi has criticized tepco's handling of the issue. >> translator: i regret tepco's slow response to the problem. >> tepco executives say there is no risk that contaminated water will leak directly into the ocean. but the volume keeps increasing. workers are pumping about 400 tons out of the reactors each day. >>> executives at tepco must also comply with new safety standards. nuclear regulators announced the measures. the rules will apply to all of japan's electric power companies. they cover disaster preparedness and they set stricter requirements for restarting idled nuclear reactors. nuclear regulation authority commissioners drew up the new standards in response to the fukushima nuclear accident. the commissioners approved a draft version of the standards. they'll take effect by mid-july. the rules require operators to prepare for significant nuclear accidents and major earthquakes and tsunami. operators of older reactors must install power cables that are resistant to fire and back-up pipes for cooling reactors in an emergency. power company executives must bui

but these men lost their faith in tepco a long time ago. they always say it's all right, it's safe, says suzuki, but if anything happens and it comes on the news it always turns out they're not telling the truth. so if you ask if i believe them, i don't. although these fish have trace radioactivity below the food safety level, they can't sell them. it will be a long time before the market regains faith in a fukushima-branded fish. cnn, iwake, japan. >> there's an update to this story. i want to tell you about the statement that's been put out by the international atomic energy agency on this monday. the iaea is saying that tepco need to continue efforts to improve the reliability of essential systems to assess the structural integrity of site facilities and to enhance protection against external hazards. that's according to a statement put out by the international atomic energy agency, according to afp. basically they're calling on tepco to improve efforts to stabilize that. >> people in the area do not have confidence in the authorities or

they released straight into the ocean by tepco plant operator.e frustrated to hear of further leaks. tepco says they will dig a whole right in front of the reactor building and throw that into the ground. what's happened now is there's a leak so that ground water won't be clean. one of the many problems is that ground water is leaking into the damaged reactor buildings. 400 cubic meters a day. that water gets contaminated too and all of it needs to be stored somewhere. leaks in the underground reservoir system means tepco has to resort to tanks, 80% have full. last week inspectors examined the site to check on the decommissioning site. tepco says would make the contaminated water safe enough to release and a pumping system to lower the water level so it won't seep into the reactors. these men lost their faith in tepco a long time ago. they always say it's all right. it always turns out they're not telling the truth. if you ask if i believe them, i don't. it will be a long time before the market regains faith. >> there are 41 types of fish that ar

tepco engineers have been struggling to deal with under ground water flowing with the damaged reactor buildings. workers have been pumping the water into tanks. they have about 1,000 but nearly all are full. they also built several large under ground storage pools but workers have found leaks in three of them. >> translator: we still need to keep the con in pools. for that purpose we will construct new tanks. >> tepco will store water in ta tanks used for other purposes. they have criticized the handling of the issue. >> translator: i regret the slow response to the problem. >> tepco executives say there's no risk that contaminated water will leak directly into the ocean. the volume keeps increasing. workers are pumping about 400 tons out of the reactors each day. >>> executives at tepco must also comply with new safety standards. nuclear regulators announced the measures they will apply to all of japan's electric power companies. they cover disaster preparedness and they set stricter requirements for restarting idled reactors. nuclear regulation authority commissioners drew up the ne

tepco should deal with the matter more seriously. >> reporter: crews face another problem too. they're running out of space. they've been filling up the pools and the tanks, but the tanks are now nearly full. and the indeg rit of the pools is in question. so the people who run the plant are searching for somewhere else to put walter that just keeps on coming. nhk world. >>> people in china have been exposed to extreme pollution this year. now researchers have a chance to hear how japan handled the same problem. chinese cities are often filled with smog including p.m..5. officials of the two you countries will attend a seminar in beijing on april 18 to discuss the issue. japanese representatives will explain how they control air n contaminati contamination. japanese auto makers and other companies will share their latest green technology at the event. >> translator: we hope this seminar will help us think about how we can assist china to overcome the problem. >> p.m. 2.5 is included in car smoke. >>> china has reported another death from the new bird flu strain. so far 28 people

they will discuss with tepco and meet with the officials from the national energy agency. they're expected to suggest ways of dealing with contaminated water and they're checking workers for exposure to contamination. they last visited the plant in may of 2011 to examine the extent of the disaster. they say it will take about 40 years to complete the decommissioning process. they have found no major changes in radiation levels around water storage tanks and no new leaks of contaminated water. it follows the discovery that tainted water had been seeped out. tepco has been monitoring levels near the tanks. one of them leaked 120 tons of water last week. tepco president met trade and industry minister to discuss the problem. >> translator: make sure no contaminated water enters the pacific. don't let it go any farther. >> he says the utility will finish transferring the remaining contaminated water to other tanks in three days. >>> exporters in japan may see more business coming their way and sooner from expected. what do expecters see up ahead? >> one of the measures to prop

tepco should deal with the matter more seriously. >> reporter: crews face another challenge, too. they are running out of space. they've been filling up the seven pools and hundreds of tanks, but the tanks are nearly full and now the integrating of the pools is in question. so the people who run the plant are searching for somewhere to put water that just keeps on coming. susumu kojima, nhk world. iranian officials say that have boosted their nuclear capacity by opening a plan to produce uranium. they said they have activated a plant to produce what is known as yellow cake. >> translator: no country in the world can prevent our nuclear development. which we have achieved with our own technology. >> the government says they can make more than 60 tonights of yellow cake a year. other countries have denounced their work, but iran saying they will use it for peaceful purposes. >>> japanese trade officials are waiting for an endorsement from their closest ally to join the transpacific partnership free trade talks. government leaders say they're in the final stages of negotiations with

tepco should deal with the matter more seriously. >> reporter: crews face another problem too. they're running out of space. they've been filling up the pools and hundreds of tanks, but the tanks are nearly full. and the integrity of the pools is in question. so the people who run the plant are searching for somewhere else to put water that just keeps on coming. nhk world. >>> an armed group has ambushed a convoy of u.n. peacekeepers in south sudan. 12 people died. the you need nations says the attack occurred in the eastern state of jongli. the victims are five indiana soldiers and seven civilian staff members. nine others were injured. >> the secretary general is appalled by an attack on a convoy this morning. he calls on the government of south sudan to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice. >> south sudan gained independence from sudan in 2011 after more than two decades of civil war. fighting has continued between government forces and armed groups. observers believe the groups are backed by the sudanese government. a government group killed 85 south sudanese nom

tepco officials believe pools one and two may be leak being the most. so they're placing priority on training them. on tuesday workers started transferring with 20 tons per hour from pool two to an above ground tank more than 400 meters away. officials say the process will be long. they plan to step up monitoring to make sure no water escapes during transfer. they estimate they'll be able to move more than 23,000 tons of contaminated water by early june. but the underground pools will continue to leak during the operation. crews will pump any contaminated water they collect back no the fool minimize damage to the environment. tepco officials say the volume of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they'll no longer use the underground storage pools and plan to install more above ground tanks. they're working on finding a way to decontaminate the water. >>> currently only two of japan's 50 commercial reactors are on line and generating power. a group of citizens has been waging a battle to shut those down. a japanese court ruled ther

. >> reporter: tepco engineers estimate crews injected more than 400 tons of water during the day. they considered it enough to keep the nuclear fuel cool, but reactor three melted down any way, that same day. what went wrong? >> many pipes led to from reactor three. engineers injected water into the unity using the route shown in light blue. this caught our attention. the device converts steam that's usedba into water and sends it out. it usually holds very little water, but tepco disclosed later that a large amount of water was inside the condenser. we suspected some of that water was supposed to go into the reactor. >> reporter: nhk world asked experts to help conduct a close examination of reactor three to check for possible leaks. we discovered a pump normally keeps water from get getting into the con against denser but the power outage at the plant kept the condenser from working. >> we have just found a leak on the way to the reactor. it was a blind spot. >> reporter: we wanted to find out how much water could enter the condenser instead of the reactor when the pump is off.

tepco officials believe pools one and two may be leak being the most. so they're placing priority on training them. on tuesday workers started transferring with 20 tons per hour from pool two to an above ground tank more than 400 meters away. officials say the process will be long. they plan to step up monitoring to make sure no water escapes during transfer. they estimate they'll be able to move more than 23,000 tons of contaminated water by early june. but the underground pools will continue to leak during the operation. crews will pump any contaminated water they collect back no the fool minimize damage to the environment. tepco officials say the volume of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they'll no longer use the underground storage pools and plan to install more above ground tanks. they're working on a way to deacon tam nate the water. currently only two of japan's reactors are on line and generating power. a group of citizens has been waging a battle to shut those down. a japanese court ruled there wasn't enough evidence

tepco engineers say they built more storage tanks to add an additional 400,000 tons of capacity withinthat would solve their problem in the short term, but with 400 tons of water seeping in every day, those tanks would be full within three years. engineers are also trying to decontaminate the water inside the tanks so it poses less of a threat to the environment. they are testing a device, they say, that will be capable of removing almost all kinds of radioactive particles. they say it will bring contamination levels within government and environmental standards. the third approach is to try to stop underground water from seeping into the facility. ultimately, it should decrease the amount of contaminated water in the buildings. engineers are digging farther inland in an effort to divert the underground water. they say initial tests haven't shown any traces of radioactive particles. so they hope they'll be able to redirect that water towards the ocean. but their pumps can only remove 100 tons of water a day. only a quarter of the amount seeping in. the engineers are struggling to land

of doing it on its own, they said it was a very enormous task and this is why we're here to assist tepcohat it will take at least 40 years. this is such an enormous task, there's nuclear debris in four nuclear reactors. it's too radioactive for humans to get there. just think of the work as you go there, working for very little periods of time in these very dangerous highly radioactive areas. so it is really is a mammoth undertaking to try and make this place safe. i'm about 30 kilometers away from fukushima daichi, you can see the wreckage of boats here still here after the tsunami, trashed when the tsunami came in. the nuclear disaster that has affected the fishing community here more. >> i gather there was another earthquake there, that to rattle a few nerves if not do something more serious. tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right, it was last night, and it certainly shook me when i felt it. but we have been talking to locals too, you know, you get tremors here a lot, but they're more minor, yesterday's was about four on the richter scale and it was inland from fukushima, about

tepco has been measuring radiation levels near the storage tanks. one of them leaked more than 120 tons of contaminated water last week. officials later found minor seepage from last week. trade and try minister discussed the problem. >> translator: make sure no contaminated water enters the pacific. don't let it go any farther. >> he said the facility will finish transferring the contaminated water to other tanks in three days. another person infected with the h7n9 virus has died and brings the death to seven. 24 people in china are known to have contracted the flu. officials are working to find out how it spreads. chinese health officials and their kaunter parts say so far they have found no evidence that it can be transmitted from person to person. all of the infections to date are in people living in shanghai and three neighbors provinces. health workers found no evidence in worker to worker transmission in the people that came into contact with those affected. they will try to pinpoint how it is transmitted. authorities say say they will keep o

tepco has discovered that tons of radioactive water has seeped into the soil. they will have to wait about four decades for the plant to be fully decommissioned. >>> the wetlands of the southern indian state have been known for their timeless beauty, trueing visitors from all over the world. now there's another unique aspect that's changing life there for man eye of its residents, a floating supermarket. nhk has more. >> reporter: south india. life here is steeped in tradition. people take pride in their life near the water just as therefore fathers have done for generations. but this boat has brought changes to their lifestyle. it's a floating supermarket. it stops at each water side district once a month. people look forward to it's rifle. the 20 meter long boat stocks about 750 kinds of products. including rice, the main staple and incense to drive off mosquitoes that cause malaria. it also carries a variety of soft drinks and sweets. >> translator: i like to buy biscuits and chocolates. >> reporter: people in the backwaters have waited years for a floating

tepco officials believe that pools one and two are leaking the most. workers started transfers about 20 tons of water her hour to an aboveground tang nearly 40 meters away. they plan to step up monitoring to make sure no water escapes during transfer. they want to remove 220 tons of contaminated water by june. the pools will continue to lane during the operation. crews will pump any contaminated water they take back into the pool. the amount of contaminated water is increasing by about 400 tons per day. they will no longer use the underground storage pools. they're working on a way to decontaminate the water. currently only two of the operators are online and generating power. >>> a group of citizens have been waging a legal battle to shut those down, but judges said there was not enough evidence. >> the plaintiffs in this case hoped for a legal victory. now they're coming to terms with their loss. >> the court decision is really regrettable. >>> the case enters on the ohi plant in fukushima prefecture. the operator of the facility, restarted two react

they also want tepco to explain the impact the water is having on the environment around the plant.aea representatives say they will submit their final report on the decommissioning plans within one month. >>> millions of people around the world remember the worst time of kim's life. the pulitzer prize winning picture of her running in pain following napalm bombing in vietnam is considered an image that conveys the atrocity of war. she continues to tell her story to push for peace. nhk world went to hear her speak in tokyo. >> reporter: kim has spent years talking about a moment of her life that is one of the enduring memories of the vietnam war. >> that day changed my life forever. >> reporter: it was june 8th, 1972. kim phuc was 9 years old, naked, and running down a road in southern vietnam. she'd been burned by napalm bombs. >> my clothes were burnt off. and my skin was on fire. and someone began screaming. too hot, too hot. >> reporter: the associated press picture captured worldwide attention. some say it helped end the vietnam war. the bombing and the photograph changed kim's

tepco says the radioactive strontium and other radioactive substances were detected around the ground near a storage tank. the company estimates that 120 tons leaked so far based on the change in the level of water in the tank. the work began on saturday morning. workers are using four pumps to transfer radioactive water in the tank to an adjacent tank. the utility says the leaked water has not flowed into the ocean because there is no ditch around the tank, and the sea is some 800 meters away. tepco says it will take at least five days to finish the transfer of water. >>> the city of fukushima has japan's first facility for reducing the volume of the radioactive kludge from the 2011 nuclear disaster. the facility was installed by the environment ministry in a municipal sewage treatment plant. a ceremony was held in the city on saturday. the facility will dry the sludge at a temperature of 450 degrees celsius and reduce it to about one-fifth of its original volume. the environment ministry expects the facility to treat 30 tons of sludge daily. such sludge has been accumulating in sewa