About 2:45 p.m. Japan time today, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation. A devastating tsunami followed, rolling over cities, enveloping towns. Reports now put the death toll at 300 to 400, with at least another 350 missing.
Strongest Ever Japan Earthquake and Tsunami2:46 pm, March 11, 2011In this series of 13 pages, I tried to keep my many wonderful overseas friends & family posted about the latest news on the strongest ever Japan earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 and ensuing nuclear crisis that is ...
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishidasent a message of sympathy to Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, according to a Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement. “I am deeply saddened to hear that so many precious lives were lost and so many people were affected by the earthquake. I...
CNN’s Mayumi Maruyama in Hong Kong Japan has sent the country’s Disaster Relief Rescue Team in response tothe earthquake in Turkey, according to a Monday statement byJapan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Upon the request of the Government of Turkey, and in light of humanitarian perspective...
“All levels of trails and facilities within the Taroko National Park jurisdiction have been damaged. In order to ensure the safety of visitors, the park will continue to close all trails and visitor service stations in the park from today and suspend services,” the park said in a statement...
1846– Sheila Smith, a Japan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, says that the Japanese government will be “sorely tested” by the disaster, after a “too little, too late” response to the 1995 earthquake in Kobe. Although she has been impressed with the response so far, she sa...