After a week long heroic battle, Japanese engineers managed to connect power to the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants. Lochni Asthana of Japanese Public Broadcaster NHK told AIR from Tokyao that the engineers succeeded in connecting power to No 1 and 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi plants. This will help them to operate the coolant pumps and contain the rising temperature at the plants. They made it possible by bringing power from outside and laying cables inside the crippled plant. They are now trying to connect power to the other plants – No 3 and 4.At a press conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the condition of the No. 3 reactor has become relatively stable following the water discharge. He said preparations are on to spray water into the No. 4 reactor to cool its spent fuel pool. The accident severity level at the plant was raised from four to five on the 7-point international scale yesterday.Japan was shaken by another strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake today rattling Ibaraki Prefecture. The prefecture is south of the stricken Fukushima No 1 nuclear plant. The country's meteorological agency however said no tsunami warning was issued.The quake shook buildings in Tokyo, but no damage was immediately reported. Public broadcaster NHK said, that flights at the capital's Narita Airport were temporarily suspended for safety checks. Meanwhile, Japan have detected elevated levels of radiation in milk and spinach in areas near the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture.As searches for thousands of missing continued, police said 7,348 people were confirmed dead. According to Japan's National Police Agency, an additional 10,947 people were missing and 2,603 were injured. Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by snowfall in the hardest-hit areas.