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"Japan and the United States will continue to move forward shoulder-to-shoulder as “tomodachi” (friends) … to realize a better future for us all."
Pres. Biden and Japan PM Yoshihide Suga release joint statement on tenth anniversary of Japan earthquake. https://t.co/HAVDWIneDW pic.twitter.com/IN4odubeFp
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2021
Ten years ago today, an earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station.
This was @ABC News’ report from that day in 2011. https://t.co/oKqLENny2E pic.twitter.com/De0QclVxwV
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2021
A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbors who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant.
He won't leave. https://t.co/9pgCi0XtgQ
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2021
ON THIS DAY: Ten years ago, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station. https://t.co/1PcsOcLRdL pic.twitter.com/1QZwLT644t
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1369897374508752896
AFTER THE QUAKE: Before-and-after satellite images show the effect of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, 10 years ago this week. https://t.co/kaHPiZXoGA pic.twitter.com/iyX8KiDpcp
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2021
Japan rebuilt an entire tsunami-flattened city on a man-made hill, but many still can't face life there https://t.co/FQwed0QFhl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 11, 2021
Japan is marking the 10 year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and triggered a nuclear power plant meltdown.
Officials held a moment of silence this morning at a national memorial service honoring the victims.
@vladduthiersCBS shares. pic.twitter.com/aBxcg7CPLp— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 11, 2021
Japan marks 10 years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster crippled its northeastern region, killing thousands and leaving a trail of devastation. https://t.co/EPMDgUQGlU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 11, 2021
A decade ago, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake — the worst to ever hit Japan — struck 370 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Tokyo, triggering a huge tsunami.
This man had scrambled 3 meters (10 feet) up a pine tree, where he clung for his life. https://t.co/sTcu7WuWvZ
— CNN International (@cnni) March 11, 2021
A decade after an earthquake, tsunami and a nuclear meltdown, Fukushima's ghost towns remain mostly empty, despite Japan's costly efforts to lure residents back https://t.co/lMGiQerxQT
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) March 11, 2021
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, wiped away the ancient Japanese village of Kesen. In the past decade, a small group of survivors has valiantly tried to rebuild the community, but a grim reality has set in: This emptiness will last forever. https://t.co/5YFZvdwJQO
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 11, 2021
Ten years after the Fukushima disaster, deep anxiety remains in Japan over nuclear power. In one remote fishing outpost, the politically fraught issue of storing nuclear waste is haunted by the legacy of Fukushima. https://t.co/RY643lrmmm
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 11, 2021
We returned to Fukushima, Japan, 10 years after it was struck by a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that set off a triple meltdown at a nuclear power plant. The disaster killed more than 19,000 people.
This is what we saw. https://t.co/P33ZO6n5Em
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 11, 2021
It will be 10 years from the Japan earthquake and tsunami on Thursday. @jameswdelano spent a week photographing Fukushima’s eerie landscapes. Take a look https://t.co/7oKslpnd5b pic.twitter.com/3Tgvc12g2Z
— Mikko Takkunen (@photojournalism) March 10, 2021
Small signs of hope: a nurse & a landscape architect, young people who are bucking the trend to leave Fukushima, and are determined to build new lives here, despite powerful forces of aging and depopulation. https://t.co/5jJ5ILzdSy
— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) March 10, 2021
"There are few places on earth eager to host a nuclear waste dump." When a mayor in Hokkaido volunteered to let the government study his town, his house was firebombed. @BenjaminDooley @hudidi1 Pix by @NorikoHayashi_ https://t.co/aDPhzIk36B
— Motoko Rich (@motokorich) March 10, 2021
The Fukushima tsunami 10 years later: A correspondent recounts the day that changed Japan https://t.co/I2nWaepAA8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2021
A Harvard professor’s claim about "comfort women" is false and dangerous, critics say. They’re fighting back.https://t.co/tDhkwgf5pi
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2021
"Japan's friendship with the US remains unshakable" (Via @TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/LFlI5lCfQX pic.twitter.com/NS18cqvUkJ
— The Hill (@thehill) March 11, 2021
Blinken, Austin will make first overseas trip to Japan, South Korea https://t.co/zp7YyRQvKQ pic.twitter.com/gdykxW2aQP
— The Hill (@thehill) March 10, 2021
Japan to ban foreign spectators from Tokyo Olympics due to pandemic: report https://t.co/LTy5rNC0pW pic.twitter.com/EkGMh2FnPi
— The Hill (@thehill) March 9, 2021
7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japan https://t.co/r0WFYQbG86 pic.twitter.com/xjFwn0YO1S
— The Hill (@thehill) February 14, 2021
As It marks the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Japan is still recoveringhttps://t.co/K2a8QyRung
— TIME (@TIME) March 11, 2021
Nissan recall: Sentra cars pulled over faulty brake light, how to check yours https://t.co/3UeFNDhwqb
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 10, 2021
People in Japan are remembering those who were killed 10 years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan and triggered a nuclear catastrophe.
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— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 11, 2021
A decade later, how dangerous is Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant today? https://t.co/SCvYP0jOzu
— CTV News (@CTVNews) March 11, 2021
At 2.46 pm, the exact moment the earthquake struck a decade ago, Emperor Naruhito and his wife led a moment of silence to honour the 18,000 dead in a commemorative ceremony in Tokyo https://t.co/jcexahsnOF
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 11, 2021
Japan tsunami: Ceremony held to remember deaths and devastation caused by huge quake 10 years ago https://t.co/4WSecnNw0d
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 11, 2021
“When I saw my daughter in the coffin, all hope disappeared"
Kiyokazu Sasaki lost his entire family 10 years ago when a powerful earthquake hit Japan and triggered a massive tsunami which wiped out his townhttps://t.co/WZfYUEkFqv pic.twitter.com/2l1AYiFoA3
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1369822990448406528
Japan remembers and a Milan film set: Thursday's best photos https://t.co/rGqDGGKFxG
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 11, 2021
Japan falls silent for Fukushima: Emperor leads memorial events 10 years on from earthquake https://t.co/CfXgH4QyJH
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 11, 2021
Japan scrambles F-15 fighter jets to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tupolev bombers https://t.co/ufA2IcYUvI
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 11, 2021
Fukushima was Japan’s worst nightmare – an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown. In 2013 @1843mag told the tale of the one man who survived https://t.co/VGftDNKoej
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 11, 2021
“People’s hearts and spirits are not only not recovering, they’re being lost even more,” says Sakurai Katsunobu, who was mayor of Minamisoma when the crisis hit https://t.co/2XPxmKyHWl
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1369984716447776778
After Fukushima, nuclear had the lowest global public support of all energy sources. Our film explains why it is so unpopular—and how it can be used safely for electricity production https://t.co/Dlbuwr8US2
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 11, 2021
The bodies of Yokoyama Wakana’s grandparents were left abandoned for weeks. Henry Tricks first interviewed her a year after the tsunami. Now 22, she tells him about her grief and hope. From @1843mag https://t.co/6qiauTPG7f
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 11, 2021
Fukushima residents remember people who lost their lives in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami https://t.co/iXYFqYgQsB pic.twitter.com/Oyyuh7iQRQ
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2021
With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima https://t.co/PD75MojAZV
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2021
Japan, US to deepen alliance in "2+2" meeting next week -spokesman https://t.co/FqL2Iro2cT pic.twitter.com/HRCZnZ5BlV
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 11, 2021
With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear protests, Japan mourned about 20,000 victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan 10 years ago, destroying towns and triggering nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima https://t.co/XBpZK2FG6O pic.twitter.com/lMx47R78Ub
— Reuters Pictures (@reuterspictures) March 11, 2021
Japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that hit the northeastern region, where many survivors' lives are still on hold. By @mariyamaguchi. https://t.co/t4KLWXugC1
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 11, 2021
#UPDATE A minute's silence was observed across Japan at 2.46 pm local time (0546 GMT), the precise moment a 9.0 magnitude quake hit on March 11, 2011.
Around 18,500 people were killed or left missing as a result of the quake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown pic.twitter.com/phom1JlVPT
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 11, 2021
March 2011 Japanese quake and tsunami.#AFPgraphics factfile on the 2011 Japanese quake and tsunami, an event that left more than 18,400 people dead or missing pic.twitter.com/Tx9Ute82sw
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 11, 2021
Japan's children of the tsunami shaped by tragedy.
Yuto Naganuma looks silently as the cold sea breeze sweeps over the crumbling walls of the school where his little brother was lost in Japan's devastating 2011 tsunamihttps://t.co/Dk0S0RyQds pic.twitter.com/7CTp7cEmdm
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 11, 2021
2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant blanketed nearby areas with radiation, rendering some towns uninhabitable for years and displacing tens of thousands of residents#AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/moDxNjOEdd
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/1369961295768879104
https://twitter.com/AFPphoto/status/1369912222344876033
Stunning series of before/after @AFP photos from the 2011 quake-tsunami in Japan displayed as sliders on @guardian: https://t.co/1PDejmJ0UQ pic.twitter.com/QMDBcMv8EC
— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) March 10, 2021
https://twitter.com/France24_en/status/1369962554219454468
Japan pays tribute to the nearly 20,000 victims of a powerful earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck the country 10 years ago.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/3AGBQRpxSt pic.twitter.com/qUHr4lUzGA
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 11, 2021
#Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says it is still unbearable to contemplate the feelings of those who lost loved ones in the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck 10 years ago.https://t.co/xNXNxxCnLp
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) March 11, 2021
• Japan marks 10th anniversary of tsunami, Fukushima nuclear disaster
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— DW News (@dwnews) March 11, 2021
The Fukushima nuclear disaster shook the belief in safe nuclear power to its core.
For Germany, it marked a historic turning point for environmentalism. https://t.co/nhioc6bfjE
— DW News (@dwnews) March 11, 2021
Ten years ago, the Fukushima nuclear disaster — triggered by an earthquake and a tsunami — spread shock and fear around the world.
Miles away from Japan, the meltdown radically changed one country's stance on nuclear power: Germany. pic.twitter.com/pIxH54buhL
— DW News (@dwnews) March 11, 2021
Farmer Masami Yoshizawa refused to abandon his farm after the 2011 nuclear disaster in #Fukushima. Instead of culling all his cattle, he continues to nurture them as a form of protest against Japan's nuclear power. pic.twitter.com/LETw5h6fSg
— DW Hotspot Asia (@dw_hotspotasia) March 11, 2021
https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1369606478210940928
https://twitter.com/abc27/status/1364379264381050883
This snake robot was inspired by Japanese paper cutting techniques pic.twitter.com/93sREsXQSx
— Mashable (@mashable) September 30, 2018