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Yuko Mihara cleans her beauty salon in the town of Namie Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Shower heads are seen at the outdoor pool of the abandoned Namie elementary school Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Bags belonging to children remain hanging up at the abandoned Namie elementary school Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

A statue of a boy and a girl stands at the entrance of the abandoned Namie elementary school Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

A Geiger counter displays the figure of 0,535 microsievert per hour at a park in the town of Namie Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

A deserted street is pictured in the town of Namie, inside the Fukushima nuclear disaster exclusion zone. Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Located within the 20-kilometre exclusion zone, Namie saw its coastal area in Ukedo wiped out by the tsunami, and its inland zone contaminated by radiation. Picture: EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON

Yuko Mihara offers prayers to her ancestors in front of a family Buddhist altar. Residents are now waiting to receive compensation from the government and TEPCO, the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Two years have passed since the disaster and frustration is...

Yuko Mihara cleans her kitchen, which is covered with debris and putrefied foods, two years after the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Many former Namie residents still hope to go back to their homes in the future, but they are only allowed to return home for a few hours to clean their...

Wearing white protective masks and suits, Yuzo Mihara and his wife Yuko pose for photographs on a deserted street in the town of Namie, inside the Fukushima nuclear disaster exclusion zone. Following the 11 March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, tens of thousands of people lost...

1 May 2013 Last updated at 03:56 GMT Hong Kong boat crash report finds 'systemic failings' Eight children were amongst the 39 passengers who died as a result of the collision A report into a Hong Kong boat crash which killed 39 people says "systemic failings" in the marine department...

EU considers trade action after Bangladesh factory collapse Wed May 1, 2013 7:56am EDT (Reuters) - The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, in order to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a...

China's top paper warns against "underground" extravagance BEIJING | Wed May 1, 2013 5:59am EDT (Reuters) - China's top newspaper warned on Wednesday that some government officials were avoiding new President Xi Jinping's graft-busting instructions to be frugal by taking banquets and other...

Thousands rally against European austerity on May Day By Clare Kane MADRID | Wed May 1, 2013 9:09am EDT (Reuters) - Workers hit by lower living standards and record high unemployment staged May Day protests across Europe on Wednesday, hoping to persuade euro zone governments of the case for...

Boston marathon bomb suspects' family 'received $100,000 in benefits' The two brothers involved in the Boston bombings and their family received as much as $100,000 (£65,000) in government benefits from Massachusetts, according to reports. Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left) and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...

Why Chinese Couples Are Divorcing Before Buying a Home By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing April 29, 2013 People line up at an office to register for marriage or divorce in Shanghai on March 6, 2013. PETER PARKS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Long queues of happy couples waiting to get married might...