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Introduction
The earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was one of the biggest recorded, measuring 9 on the richter scale.
It was the resulting tsunami, however, that caused the most destruction. It devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing, and hundreds of thousands homeless or evacuated from the area.
In addition, various power generators failed. Some older nuclear power stations risked meltdown and suffered explosions and radioactive leaks. Workers have battled for weeks to try and bring the situation under control. Radioactive material has been detected in various places.
Earthquake and tsunami damage to the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Source
It is thought that the cost of the earthquake and tsunami could be over $300 billion — the world’s most expensive natural disaster on record.
An aerial view of damage to northern Honshu (top) and Minato (bottom), Japan, a week after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area.
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There are global economic repercussions as well, given Japan’s key position in the world economy.
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There are so many issues that this tragic event has caused that I can’t cover them on my own. However, below are a list of stories from Inter Press Service as they cover this event and its aftermath:
Japan’s Aid Programme Takes a Selfish Turn
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
TOKYO, May 01 (IPS) - As Japan slips from its former top spot as the world's biggest donor, experts here are worried about long-term changes in the country's development assistance programme, which has played a crucial role in global poverty reduction efforts.
Stories Sprout like Warnings in Japan's Tsunami Wasteland
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
MINAMISANRIKU, Japan, Mar 19 (IPS) - As a survivor of Japan's deadliest tsunami in living memory, Shun Ito dedicates his mornings to evoking stories of heroism that helped to save lives in this port town that was decimated on that fateful March afternoon two years ago.
Public Pays for Fukushima While Nuclear Industry Profits
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 12 (IPS) - Two years after Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the country faces 100 to 250 billion dollars in cleanup and compensation costs, tens of thousands of displaced people and widespread impacts of radiation.
Fukushima Running Out of Workers
Monday, March 11, 2013
TOKYO, Mar 11 (IPS) - Japan has promised to scrap the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors that faced the world's worst nuclear accident. But Hiroyuki Watanabe, councillor in Iwaki City located 30 kilometres from the accident site, greets such intentions on the second anniversary of the disaster on Monday with misgiving.
‘Every Day Is a Fukushima Memorial’
Sunday, March 10, 2013
TOKYO, Mar 10 (IPS) - Japan prepares to mark the second anniversary of the Mar. 11 triple disaster - an earthquake, tsunami and a critical nuclear reactor accident - with much soul searching across the country.
Japanese Learn to Mind Their Business for Others
Saturday, March 02, 2013
TOKYO, Mar 02 (IPS) - After two decades of economic stagnation and serial natural disasters, a growing number of young Japanese believe social entrepreneurship is the best way to rebuild their society.
Japan Values Women Less – As It Needs Them More
Thursday, January 31, 2013
TOKYO, Jan 31 (IPS) - Despite anti-discrimination laws and a steadily growing number of employed women, Japan is falling behind the rest of the world on gender equality. Widespread discrimination persists, and has only grown more subtle over the past years.
Women and Activists Lament Japan’s Election Outcome
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
TOKYO, Dic 18 (IPS) - The return to power of Japan's conservative and hard-line Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sunday indicates that voters traded urgently needed social and environmental reforms for traditional male-led leadership, according to analysts here.
Longer Lives, Lower Incomes for Japanese Women
Monday, December 10, 2012
TOKYO, Dic 10 (IPS) - When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan's aging women who now outnumber their male counterparts.
In Post-Fukushima Japan, Civil Society Turns up Heat on Officials
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - For the former industrial engineer Yastel Yamada, retirement has not meant he can finally stop working. Instead, the 73-year-old and about 700 other skilled seniors across Japan have volunteered to tackle the most dangerous part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant cleanup and spare a younger generation from the effects of extreme radiation.
Japan Struggling to Store Nuclear Water*
Thursday, October 25, 2012
DOHA, Oct 25 (IPS) - Japan's crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tonnes of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team has said.
Shifting to Renewables in Japan – An Uphill Task
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
TOKYO, Aug 28 (IPS) - Renewable energy is emerging as the “clinch deal” in Japan`s painful power crisis that pits the government and business against public demand for zero nuclear power. But experts say the going is easier said than done.
Despite Tsunami, Japan Resumes Aid to Myanmar
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Japan’s plan to resume official development assistance (ODA) to Myanmar, announced this week, is problematic for a country faced with a dauntingly large disaster recovery budget for areas hit by the earthquake and tsunami last year.
Japanese Women Empowered By Tohoku Quake
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Devastating as the Tohoku earthquake was it gave the local women of the remote region an opportunity to come into their own and take on leadership roles in an essentially patriarchal country.
More Japanese Turn Against Whaling
Monday, March 05, 2012
The arrest and release of a Dutch activist in Japan has put in bad light this country’s refusal to heed international calls to limit traditional dolphin and whale hunting practices in favour of conservation.
More Japanese Turn Against Whaling
Friday, March 02, 2012
The arrest and release of a Dutch activist in Japan has put in bad light this country’s refusal to heed international calls to limit traditional dolphin and whale hunting practices in favour of conservation.
JAPAN: Trust Deficit - Worst Fallout of Fukushima
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Kazuya Tarukawa, 36, left a secure job in the Japanese capital to tend to his family’s organic farm located 100 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor.
JAPAN: Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Yumi Goto, 60, lives with her husband in a temporary shelter on a windy hill that overlooks vast stretches of tsunami- devastated seacoast where her home was once located. 'The huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed the life I had known till now. We are waiting to return to our former lives as soon as possible,' Goto told IPS.
JAPAN: Tsunami Brings Sea Change to Tohoku
Monday, January 23, 2012
Yumi Goto, 60, lives with her husband in a temporary shelter on a windy hill that overlooks vast stretches of tsunami-devastated seacoast where her home was once located.
JAPAN: Pushing Nuclear Exports After Fukushima
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Japan plans to boost civilian nuclear exports even as it tries to appease its population angered at radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, crippled by an earthquake and tsunami on Mar. 11, last year.
JAPAN: New Year Brings Economic Aftershocks
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Hideo Sato, 47, and his family escaped to this snowy city 200 km from the radiation emitting Fuksuhima power plant that was struck by a massive earthquake-driven tsunami on Mar. 11.
Collateral Damage from Fukushima Hits Europe
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Several leading European electricity providers and nuclear power plant constructors now count as part of the collateral damage caused by the tsunami that destroyed the Japanese nuclear power plant of Fukushima last March.
JAPAN: Mothers Rise Against Nuclear Power
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Japan’s nuclear power industry, which once ignored opposition, now finds its existence threatened by women angered by official opaqueness on radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after it was struck by an earthquake- driven tsunami on Mar. 11.
JAPAN: Training Volunteers to Deal With Disasters
Friday, November 11, 2011
Seven months after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, Japanese citizens and relief organisations are working to learn from the tragedy in order to mitigate the fatal impact of future natural calamities at home and abroad.
JAPAN: Training Volunteers to Deal With Disasters
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Seven months after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, Japanese citizens and relief organisations are working to learn from the tragedy in order to mitigate the fatal impact of future natural calamities at home and abroad.
JAPAN: Women Fight to Save Fukushima's Children
Monday, November 07, 2011
Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown.
JAPAN: Women Fight to Save Fukushima's Children
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown.
JAPAN: Wall Street Protest Finds Strong Echoes
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Inspired by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the United States, thousands of Japanese youth and workers, dissatisfied with growing unemployment and harsh working conditions in the world’s third largest economy, have taken to the streets to demand stable jobs and government reforms.
JAPAN: Wall Street Protest Finds Strong Echoes
Monday, October 31, 2011
Inspired by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the United States, thousands of Japanese youth and workers, dissatisfied with growing unemployment and harsh working conditions in the world’s third largest economy, have taken to the streets to demand stable jobs and government reforms.
JAPAN: Forests Provide Cover for Recovery
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
In the wake of the massive tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region in March, Japan has witnessed a sharp rise in wood imports for temporary housing units and other recovery projects.
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