The latest radiation levels in the area of the Japanese nuclear power plant damaged by Friday's earthquake and tsunami are understood to be falling.

Japan's Prime Minister has confirmed radiation DID earlier reach levels that are harmful to humans.

Towards Tokyo, levels are 10 times above normal.


There's a glimmer of hope among the desolation though.

Rescuers have pulled a 70-year old woman alive from her house which had washed away in Friday's tsunami.

The First Secretary at the Japanese Embassy in London -Daisuke Tsuchiya - (PRON: DY-SU-KAY SOO CHEE-A) says he's comforted by how the Japanese people are coping:

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