Its march 11th, a day that is burned into the consciousness of this country. Four years ago, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off northeastern japan, triggering tsunami that washed away coastal communities. Survivors are still struggling to rebuild. And workers at Fukushima Daiichi are still trying to contain the aftermath of the nuclear accident. People in different places paused today to remember what happened in 2011, and all that was lost. Some 1,200 people honored the victims of the disaster at the National Memorial ceremony in tokyo. Some families of those who died government and business leaders, and foreign ambassadors, observed a moment of silence at 2 46 p. M. The exact time the quake struck. More than 15,000 people died. Nearly 2,600 are still listed as missing. Representatives of families who lost loved ones spoke at the ceremony. Sayaka was 15 years old when the disaster hit. She tried to rescue her mother who was trapped in debris in the dark, dirty water. But she wasnt ab
Are looking forward to big pay wages. Managers in companies affected by the march 11th disaster are rethinking their Business Models in the hope of being better prepared for any community calamities. Nuclear power plant operators in japan will scrap two aging reactors. That brings to five the number of reactors to be decommissioned aside from those at fukushima daiichi. Directors of the Power Company say theyll scrap a reactor at their plant. Members of kyushu will dereact a plant. They say it would be too expensive to upgrade reactors. They had relatively small output. The government introduced tougher regulations after the fukushima accident in 2011. All Nuclear Reactors in japan are offline. While the people who run kyushu plan to scrub one reactor, they are looking to restart another. The plant in southern japan could be up and running as early as june. The Nuclear Regulation authority approved equipment designed for the number one reactor. It involved earthquake and susan am yip r
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