Environmentally friendly way to dispose of growing piles of garbage. Aftershocks are rattling residents of northern chile. Theyre still trying to recover from a magnitude 8. 2 earthquake on tuesday. Now, more tremors, and the fear of tsunami, have forced some people to head for higher ground. Nhk worlds noboru knackshima reports. Reporter outside in the middle of the night, warning of another big temblor. People rushed outside and climbed to safety on higher ground. Residents remain anxious, wondering when the aftershocks will stop. This is part of iquique. We can see many boats are turned over by the tsunami. And divers are trying to retrieve the peoples belongings. Tsunami waves reaching two meter in height engulfed the port. About 75 fishing boats were damaged. The quake and tsunami claimed six lives and caused damage to more than 2,000 homes. However, the number of victims was much lower than the last big earthquake. Tsunami. Tsunami reporter in 2010, a massive 8. 8 magnitude quake
Next, in this encore booknotes for 2001 historian herbert bix discusses his biography hirohito and the making of modern japan. Professor bix portrays hirohito hirohito asher japan into the modern world. This is about an hour. Cspan herbert p. Bix, author of hirohito and the making of modern japan, could somebody who is japanese write this book and publish it through a japanese publisher in japan today . Guest i think so. I think today there has been a number of breakthroughs that have occurred over the past 20 years, and hirohito has died, died 10 years ago, so enough time has elapsed. Its possible a jaand i would expect and, in fact, i would hope that japanese historians will surpass this biography and uncover new material and that we will get critical accounts of the emperor and the role he played, both before, during and after the war. Because that man is absolutely crucial for understanding the dilemmas of 20th century japan. Cspan theres a picture in here, and you write about it i
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