'We are working to ensure safety against the novel coronavirus ahead of the March 25 start of the Olympic torch relay,' said Gov. Masao Uchibori in a recent interview.
Residents in the severely affected prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi observed a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., exactly a decade after the huge quake struck.
Mar 11, 2021
When a huge earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011, devastating towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima Prefecture, a stunned world watched the chaotic struggle to contain the world s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
An onslaught of waves sparked by the 9.0 magnitude quake crashed into the country s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and crippling the Fukushima No. 1 plant. More than 160,000 residents fled as radiation spewed into the air.
At the time, some including then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan feared Tokyo would need to be evacuated, or worse. Fukushima is stamped for the rest of the history of nuclear energy, said Kiyoshi Kurokawa, head of an investigation that concluded the disaster was profoundly man-made.
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Self-Defense Force personnel are screened for radiation in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, after searching for bodies in the area soon after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. It is estimated that the military was responsible for 70% of the persons rescued after the event. | GSDF / VIA REUTERS Mar 10, 2021
A decade has passed since shifting tectonic plates released a 9.1-magnitude earthquake 70 km off the Pacific coast of Japan, creating a tsunami that inundated Tohoku and flooded the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which led to the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.
Mar 9, 2021
Ten years after the March 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant catastrophe, local fishermen are finally holding out hope for a return to normalcy this spring.
The industry has long battled reputational damage to its products and salaries have taken a hit as annual catches have been kept at a fraction of pre-quake levels. In the first year after the quake, more than half of the fish samples tested for radioactive cesium levels exceeded the state’s limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram. But the samples continued to show decreasing radioactivity and shipment restrictions were lifted for all marine fisheries products in February 2020.