The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan's stricken Fukushima plant after Tokyo approved an energy plan that marks a return to nuclear power.

The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan's stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday, the day after Tokyo approved an energy plan that marks a return to nuclear power. Under the plan, nuclear power will account for around 20 percent of Japan's energy supply by 2040,

On March 11, 2011, the Japanese islands were struck by an earthquake of enormous force. For six minutes the ground was shaking, turning whole towns into piles of rubble. But, while the struggle to recover from the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan was going on,

The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The soil is being kept at interim storage facilities,