A Japanese boy prepares for the first day of school after the earthquake of 11 March A violent earthquake was felt in Tokyo. The quake was a magnitude 6. The epicenter Chiba, north-east of Tokyo, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The quake, whose intensity was 5 - on the Japanese scale of 7, was felt at 22:37 local.
In Tokyo, the buildings shook. The Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning and told NHK television that are currently not reported damage or casualties. With regard to the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, the Health Ministry today said that analysis will be performed on breast milk, after traces of radioactive iodine were found in 4 women in nursing area in the east and northeast of Tokyo.
The announcement was made chief of staff of the ministry, Yukio Edan. "The excessive alarmism is useless, but we understand the concerns of mothers," said Edan in the evening, after asking the ministry to shed light on the matter. The analysis, which have raised fears about the impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis on infants, have been promoted by the civic group 'Network support mother-child', that the milk delivered by a woman in Chiba, a suburb east of Tokyo, scored at a concentration of radioactive iodine of 36.3 becquerels per kilogram, but without traces of cesium.
Radioactive iodine, but in smaller amounts (8.7, 8.5 and 6.4 becquerel / kg) was found in the milk of three other women in the Ibaraki prefecture, north of the capital. The test, conducted on samples of nine volunteers gathered on the 24th and 30th of March, showed no radioactive substances in milk samples from women of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures closest to the damaged nuclear power plant.
The Japan Nuclear Safety Commission, which is part of the government has not established legal limits for the concentration of radioactive substances in breast milk. However, the results of the civic association tests have all returned values below 100 becquerels per kilogram, the maximum allowed for tap water to children under one year of age. 
In Tokyo, the buildings shook. The Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning and told NHK television that are currently not reported damage or casualties. With regard to the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, the Health Ministry today said that analysis will be performed on breast milk, after traces of radioactive iodine were found in 4 women in nursing area in the east and northeast of Tokyo.
The announcement was made chief of staff of the ministry, Yukio Edan. "The excessive alarmism is useless, but we understand the concerns of mothers," said Edan in the evening, after asking the ministry to shed light on the matter. The analysis, which have raised fears about the impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis on infants, have been promoted by the civic group 'Network support mother-child', that the milk delivered by a woman in Chiba, a suburb east of Tokyo, scored at a concentration of radioactive iodine of 36.3 becquerels per kilogram, but without traces of cesium.
Radioactive iodine, but in smaller amounts (8.7, 8.5 and 6.4 becquerel / kg) was found in the milk of three other women in the Ibaraki prefecture, north of the capital. The test, conducted on samples of nine volunteers gathered on the 24th and 30th of March, showed no radioactive substances in milk samples from women of Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures closest to the damaged nuclear power plant.
The Japan Nuclear Safety Commission, which is part of the government has not established legal limits for the concentration of radioactive substances in breast milk. However, the results of the civic association tests have all returned values below 100 becquerels per kilogram, the maximum allowed for tap water to children under one year of age.
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