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U.S. military members suing over Japan nuke disaster

U.S. service members are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for more than $2 billion on grounds the utility lied about the dangers of helping clean up the nuclear disaster that struck two years ago, a newspaper reported Thursday. The case was first filed by nine plaintiffs in December but…

Fictional Japanese nuclear disaster film shot partially on Fukushima grounds

A deserted Fukushima devastated by a nuclear meltdown triggered by an earthquake and tsunami last year stood in for a fictional Japanese prefecture in director Sion Sono’s new film. “Kibou No Kuni” (The Land of Hope) premiered this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs through to September…