Fish in Japan contaminated with radiation

As much as 40 US gallons of highly radioactive waste water from a crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has leaked to the Pacific, including highly harmful strontium, linked with bone cancers, that has spread to the open ocean. The water leaked to the sea is believed to contain 26 billion becquerels of radioactive materials, according to plant owner, TEPCO. The Fukushima nuclear disaster is responsible for the world's worst nuclear sea contamination. Ocean contamination has been measured at 100,000 becquerels per cubic liter. Al Jazeera looked into the effect on fish and fishermen.

Pets to be rescued from Fukushima zone but only if owner requests it

Animal welfare groups will be allowed into the 12-mile exclusion zone around the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi reactors to rescue pets, but only if the owners requested it. Under frustratingly restrictive conditions, groups cannot pull any animal they see in need but only if permission has been granted by the owners, challenging rescuers to identify these animals many of whom are now semi-feral. Rescuers will be limited to 5-hour stints or less in the zone to avoid harmful health effects.