Tokyo, June 19 (IANS) As many as 11 people, including eight children, were injured after a fire erupted at an elementary school in Japan’s Tokyo on Friday, local media reported citing authorities. Majority of the injured suffered smoke inhalation at the school in Kita Ward while two students broke their arms and a female teacher fractured her pelvis, authorities said. The fire incident was reported at around 11 am (local time), according to the local fire department.The fire erupted in a storage…
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Tokyo, Jan 22 (IANS) Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on Thursday it suspended operation at the just-restarted reactor of a nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture after an alarm went off.The alarm was triggered at 00:28 a.m. local time after equipment to manoeuvre the control rods apparently had an issue, according to TEPCO.TEPCO said it suspended work at reactor No. 6 to withdraw control rods, which are used to adjust the nuclear fission of a reactor, and it is looking into …