Low-level radiation detected at US army's Yokosuka base near Tokyo: reports
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo, is seen in this satellite image taken on November 21, 2004 REUTERS

Low-level radiation has been detected at the US military base in Japan's Yokosuka, BBC said in its live blog on the unfolding nuclear crisis, citing a Reuters report.

The report says the US army has asked the occupants of the base to take precautions. The military has also warned the personnel at the Atsugi air base as well. Further details were not available.

The Yokosuka military base is located south of Japan. According to GlobalSecurity.org, the Yokosuka base is America's most important naval facility in the Western Pacific. It is the largest, most strategically important overseas US Naval installation in the world, it says.

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