2011
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: Often credited as the Fukushima Earth quake, the
Tohoku Earthquake made Japan the center of attention for most of 2011 and into
2012. At 2:46 pm Japan Standard Time, a 9. 0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan
for six minutes off the coast of the Sendai region in Northern Honshu Island. Immediately after, 40 meter tsunami crashed
into the Japanese coast, taking buildings, cars, people, and anything in its path
to be swallowed up by the ocean. Both
the earthquake and resulting tsunami was captured on video by residents,
tourists and CCTV, perfectly visualizing the violent nature of both. As of March 2015, the National Police
released records of a total of 15,893 fatalities as a result of the
disaster. The main highlight of the
disaster was the extensive damage done to the Fukushima nuclear reactors,
resulting in radiation leaking into the surrounding area, resulting in an
evacuation of the area following a reactor meltdown worse than the one at Three
Mile Island in Pennsylvania. This has
caused heated debate in Japan questioning the practice of nuclear energy in the
country since it is an earthquake hot zone.
While the earthquake sent Japan's economy into a deep recession, the
country was able to come together and rebuild most of the affected areas within
a year.
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