LIVE: Japan People living within a 3km (two-mile) radius of the Fukushima-Daini nuclear plant are told to evacuate,

LIVE: Japan earthquake

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1. 0023: People living within a 3km (two-mile) radius of the Fukushima-Daini nuclear plant are told to evacuate, the AFP news agency reports.
2. 0014: Japan declares a state of emergency at the Fukushima-Daini power plant, where three of its reactors failed, the Associated Press reports. It says a state of emergency is already in place at the nearby Fukushima-Daiichi plant, where two reactors failed.
3. 0008: Welcome to the second day of our live coverage of Japan's earthquake disaster. We've archived Friday's minute-by-minute updates, but you can still access them on a separate page of the website.

Key points

1. A powerful tsunami swept across a large area of northern Japan on Friday, causing major damage, flooding towns and sweeping away buildings. It was triggered by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake
2. Police say up to 300 bodies have been found in Sendai, the city that was worst-hit. Many more people are missing
3. Tsunami warnings were issued for virtually the entire Pacific region. The first waves have hit the mainland of the United States along the Oregon coast. Earlier, tsunami waves about 1m high flooded several beaches on Hawaii
4. Relatively minor waves also reached the Philippines, the Kuril Islands and Taiwan
5. Live page reporter: Peter Jackson
6. All times in GMT