devastated by the virus where many appeared to have given up sticking to the rules . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that caused the deaths of some 18000 people are now he told and prime minister yoshi high that have led to a minute of silence at an official commemorative ceremony underway in tokyo to pay tribute to the victims many of their bodies were never found the magnitude $9.00 earthquake was one of the most powerful on record it set off a massive tsunami that triggered the biggest nuclear disaster since trying noble. the wave hit the fukushima debt diot she power plant causing a reactor meltdown and forcing tens of thousands of people to abandon their homes and we 300 square kilometer exclusion zone remains in place around this plant it contains the memories of a tragedy that defines the lives of survivors now me it's a ghost town situated just a few kilometers from the fukushima nuclear power plant the only thing left here is memories from march 27th. some yoko ono grew up here nowadays he rarely visits the family home it lies in the exclusion zone. where it's been too dangerous to live ever since. to grow up what i don't find the time stood still is that i feel more that everything has gotten worse. now there's just silence here. but sammy o'connor is still haunted by the sound of the tsunami. and the image of the wave destroying everything in its path is stuck in his mind. already there is a new world have to respect nature these are nature's warning signs that you must treat the earth with cat. you've got to go get you to feel. some you're used to work at the power plant. now he wants nothing more to do with nuclear energy. one look at the area explains why the banks littering the ground are filled with radioactive soil an entire city has been eradicated and almost no one wants to live here. cleaning up the damage will take generations thousands are busy on the site of the nuclear plant but the toughest work is yet to come. there's no blueprint for the work here and even though we're making progress you still come up against problems you didn't anticipate. you can you won't be much of. the workers recover spent nuclear fuel and make sure the reactors a constantly pumps with cooling water the water is purified but it's still contaminated and it may have to be dumped into the ocean at some point. the area is still in a state of emergency according to greenpeace that we're only in year 10 over nuclear disaster that will be going on for at least the rest of the century. japan has invested billions of euros rebuilt sounds and constructed entirely new ones but they are mostly empty filled only with those who work at the power plant or the elderly. sammy o'connor who hates the word reconstruction he says nothing will be like it was before. the gravesite of his family lies in the exclusion zone no sure not over but just look at what i have to put on the kinds of annoying things i have to put up with just to visit a grave site it won't be over tomorrow or in 10 years or even decades from now that's why so many of kano feels compelled to talk about what happened on march 11th 2011 and for more let's cross over to journalist sagna blush to who is joining us from tokyo sonia a somber anniversary today how is japan and the world remembering. well just a few moments ago the emperor and the empress gave a speech in the national theater here and basically the whole day since this morning people have been going to to the beaches going to the sea they were all to where they place flowers and they also visited the raves and thinking of the last ones that they lost so obviously for many people especially in the disaster area it's a very emotional day and emotional day and i mean obviously this disaster was so incredibly impactful it had so many ramifications for it for people tell us how has it changed japan you know the question of folks change is a good question in some ways it has changed to plan for example with regard to the tsunami or disaster awareness one can definitely say that people are more aware now again of the dangerous but it's always been there but now it's much closer again you can see it also and the way that people have been trying to to remember and remind people of what happened for example school children building monuments to remind future generations not to be closer to the sea so in that sense something has happened with regard to nuclear power it's a different story those in the 1st few years there were demonstrations there was heightened awareness discussions about the limits of radiation and such but since then the talk he has become kind of the who again and also the there's lots of issues that are coming up again with regard to tepco and the nuclear plant lots of things unknown issues with seismometers not working and so on and also the big question of that contaminated water so the big question is really has the nuclear industry learned from the whole experience and i have my doubts. ok i mean how do people in japan feel about that which you say and you mention is that a tab out a taboo topic but when people do weighing in on which side of nuclear power do they tend to do so now 10 years after fukushima will curtain call according to a lot of surveys 75 percent of the people are against nuclear however the ruling party is still very much for nuclear power it's part of the energy plan still i mean even though there are only 4 reactors running right now all of the used to be $54.00 it's surely going to be more they have asked follow the commission to restart reactors again so while a large majority of the population is against nuclear power japan basically has only one party right now and that one party is very much for an appeal to all journalists on your joining us from tokyo on this 10th anniversary of the disaster at the fukushima nuclear power plant thank you. 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trying. to squash people to behave you're a scarce news. because they are seeing the situation the worse and yet they continue to live as if things are normal so that could mean that we will soon have a much more serious situation. according to the studies by the fear was research foundation the government of vaccines are still effective against the p one strain is but sedation center can have mr downer sense of those lisper days but even here the oath already is are on they both implement physical distance in. a posture the moment when vaccination starts there are always a lot of people but then the crowding goes down when older people come for vaccination because they bring one or 2 relatives and that's what causes the crowds on the woman. with more than 7 percent of it's the hobbit on spikes united states of a muslim asked where my mouse is located because administers there most of those is today to brazil however it is still a far from containing the virus that without social distancing people will continue to die from the virus. the city has made space for 22000 new graves in the cemetery it's on the horrific forecast of what the new variants could bring to my knowledge and in the our future. well but this league of football and bremen beat bielefeld to nail in their rescheduled for matched on wednesday evening this after their game was called off to a heavy snow storm last month josh argent opened the scoring at the start of the 2nd half it deflected pass and landed right at the on americans feet for the easy tap in and half an hour later kevin netted brahmins seconds to round out the score line to win leaves bremen comfortably in mid table while bielefeld are stuck in the relegation zone. and champions league football in the round of 16 liverpool have beaten but as they decide are to nail to advance to the quarterfinals after also winning the 1st leg or have it solid scored liverpool's 1st goal of the 70th minute savio manet netted another 4 minutes later also on wednesday paris and john drew one all with barcelona but go through to the quarter finals on aggregate after having won their 1st encounter. and here's some images of the world's largest religious gathering taking place in india hindu programs from across the country have taken a dip in the holy river ganges to mark the 1st the most auspicious day of the mail a festival dong hundreds of thousands gathered on the river banks to take the plunge in one of several bathing days over the next month authorities are expecting 2500000 people to gather for this festival because of the pandemic the government has curtailed the festivities and negative test certificates are compulsory with that you're up to date thanks for watching. or 2050 more the hostel will be leaving with limited water resources we haven't had to think about our war or worry about. i think that europe is over this is the crisis of our time it's a financial product like any other financial.