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This Seiron column joins a series of articles marking the 10
th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. What happened on the fateful March 11, 2011? What has happened since then? What does the future hold? Here we share the thoughts of people from many walks of life about this unforgettable tragedy.
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It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami took many lives and robbed the survivors of their hopes and dreams. Although some people say “it seems like just yesterday,” others say “it feels like it took place oh so long ago.”
But, even now, especially in the three prefectures of Tohoku facing the Pacific Ocean, you still have many opportunities to hear vivid comments like the following:
greg: alarming news out of japan, remote controlled robots at the fukushima nuclear plants are recording levels of radiation that are so high inside that plant at this point that the workers simply cannot go back in there. still the operators of that crippled plant, known as the fukushima 50. there are more of them than that. they have been so loyal to this project, they are standing by waiting to get more work done in there. six months is how long they say it will take to get under control. there are efforts to move people back into their homes nearby, and that is raising some eyebrows today as well. there is new fallout when an official with the obama administration admitted before congress he had violated a presidential order on job creation. this is taking place between an epa administrator and congressman corey gardener on
out hydrogen. that will lessen the possibility of an explosion in the future. they ve got a lot of moving parts with this. hydrogen, water, and also just trying to do all of this in the wake of several earthquakes. a couple of aftershocks again today. remember, charles, things are ongoing, almost as intensely at the start. what comes to mind for me the fukushima 50. they continue to work in such valiant effort there s happening in japan. charles had lock in tokyo, thank you. silvio berlusconi in court, accused of paying for sex with and underaged prostitute. michelle kosinski has more for us. reporter: silvio berlusconi s latest defense, that at age 74, even he could not have done it. telling newspaper, though i m mischiefmaker, 33 girls in 2 months is too much even for a 30-year-old. you never see him frustrated.
but this is their own personal assessment. they feel it s what is going to happen to them. it s their personal interpretation about it. they haven t been told that by doctors. last week the three workers were exposed to radioactive water, they ve received burns be. they absorbed radiation into their body. we haven t been told about the quantities, but we re talking about the fukushima 50, which is almost as many as 70 people. this is what they re talking about amongst themselves. megyn: so disturbing. it gives you a feeling for what those heroic workers are going to you to try to save their countrimen and beyond from the disaster. dominic, great work. thank you. we re 15 minutes away from the start of this key congressional briefing on the situation in libya. monica crowley weighs in on