March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Rescue workers, police and local officials continued to struggle Monday to recover growing numbers of bodies and confirm the fates of tens of thousands of people still unaccounted for, while supplies were running short following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Some 2,000 bodies were found Monday on two shores in Miyagi Prefecture. The findings will significantly increase the death toll from the magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsun ...
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Tokyo Electric Power Co on Monday morning postponed the start of unprecedented power rationing thanks to the prospect of smaller-than-expected demand, as the government urged the nation to save electricity following the crippling of nuclear plants in Friday’s powerful earthquake.
The postponement means fewer areas in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo will be affected by the day’s region-specific outages of several hours by region through 10 p ...
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo has released the following information for its citizens.
For information in Japanese about missing persons:
Miyagi Prefecture: 022-221-2000
Iwate Prefecture: 0120-801-471
Fukushima Prefecture: 0120-510-186, 090-8424-4207, 090-8424-4208
Google has created the site, "Google Person Finder" at http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en
If you are in Japan, you can post messages about your whereabouts. A pers ...
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
In preparation for massive power outage in the greater Kanto area, trains have delayed regular operations, leaving thousands away from work and other regular activities. The following information is compiled from all lines’ official websites as of 1pm, Monday.
Tokyo Metro
Ginza Line: Transportation delayed due to 50 % train reduction.
Marunouchi Line: Transportation delayed due to 40% train reduction.
Hibiya Line: Transportation delayed due ...
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Sunday the catastrophic earthquake that struck Japan could help create huge demand in its economy in the process of reconstruction, urging people not to be ‘‘pessimistic.’‘
‘‘It is sufficiently possible to expect demand that should be called a restoration New Deal,’’ Kan told a meeting of economic ministers at his office, referring to a series of economic programs implemented in the United States in the 1930s.
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Some 2,000 bodies were found Monday on two shores in Miyagi Prefecture following Friday’s devastating earthquake and massive tsunami, as Japan continued to struggle to grasp the whole picture of the disaster.
The findings will significantly increase the death toll from the magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami, with police having so far confirmed 1,597 deaths and 1,481 people missing across the affected areas in northeastern and eastern Japa ...
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Tokyo Electric Power Co on Monday morning postponed the start of an unprecedented rationing of power thanks to the prospect of smaller-than-expected demand as the government urged the nation to save electricity in the wake of the crippling of nuclear plants in Friday’s powerful earthquake.
The postponement means fewer areas in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo will be affected by the day’s region-specific outages of several hours by region th ...
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A baby survivor is fed milk by a member of the Japanese Red Cross National Disaster Response Team in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday. You can find out more about supporting the Japanese Red cross here.
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Several supermarket and department store chains on Monday announced plans to cooperate with planned power outages by reducing their hours of operation.
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings said that Mitsukoshi and Isetan stores in Chiba, Tachikawa, Matsudo, Urawa, Sagamihara and Fuchu will be closed on March 14. Isetan Shinjuku and Mitsukoshi stores in Nihonbashi and Ginza will be open for business from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. J Front Retailing announced t ...
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March 14th, 2011By Earthquake2011Category: Uncategorized
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Sunday he has urged Japanese ministries and offices abroad to actively provide information about Friday’s devastating earthquake and ensuing tsunami to foreign nationals in and outside Japan.
‘‘I have instructed relevant ministries and diplomatic missions abroad to proactively disseminate information in English and other various languages so that foreign nationals residing in Japan as well as those over ...
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