Tokyo (ANTARA News/AFP) - A higher than normal level of radiation was detected in Japan`s capital Tokyo on Tuesday, but a city government official said it was not considered at the level where it harms human health.

"We monitored a higher than normal amount of radiation in the morning in Tokyo. But we don`t consider it to be at a level where the human body is affected," said Sairi Koga, an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

The central government warned Tuesday that radiation levels near a quake-stricken nuclear plant are now harmful to human health, following two explosions and a fire earlier in the day.

The plant is 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
(Uu.E012/H-AK)

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