article_snippet.sent: A playground in Tokyo has been found to have dangerously high levels of radiation, which has raised fears for the health of children in the area.
article_snippet.sent: Soil underneath a slide at the park in the Toshima ward in the north-east of the Japanese capital, showed radiation readings of up to 480 microsieverts per hour.
article_snippet.sent: Danger: Japanese authorities detected an unusually high level of radiation around playground equipment in this Tokyo park (pictured) Safety: Authorities cordoned off this Tokyo park after high levels of radiation were detected underneath a slide .
article_snippet.sent: It was not immediately clear why radiation levels were so high in the park, which opened two years after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities believe that radiation could be coming from something buried underneath this Tokyo park.
article_snippet.sent: A playground in Tokyo has now been fenced off with an orange barricade.
article_snippet.sent: Park representative Kyoko Tsujimura said: 'Park representative Kyoko Tsujimura are still checking what caused these elevated radiation levels and what type of radioactive substance these elevated radiation levels is.'
article_snippet.sent: Japan has seen heightened concern over radiation since the 2011 failure of a nuclear plant in Fukushima following an earthquake and tsunami, which led to leaks of radioactive water.
article_snippet.sent: In the months after the nuclear meltdowns, concerned parents and citizens began measuring radiation levels in Tokyo schools and parks.
article_snippet.sent: Thousands of people are still living in temporary shelters and have been unable to return home in areas closest to Tokyo Electric Power's nuclear plant.
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere, a drone with a small amount of radiation was found on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office building this week.
article_snippet.sent: Clean up: Workers carry away a container after extremely high levels of radiation were detected in the park .
article_snippet.sent: Following two rounds of testing, officials found high levels of radiation on a section of the equipment .
highlights_snippet.sent: Soil underneath a slide in the park showed extremely high radiation levels .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Has raised fears for the health of children in the Toshima ward of Tokyo .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Days after traces of radiation found at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office .