東日本大震災 – 3.11 Great East Japan Earthquake

11 March – 弥生

Happened in 11th March 2011, with the largest Magnitude of 9.0, seismic intensity of 7 and massive 10m Tsunami brought one of the biggest catastrophe in Tohoku area in Japan. The nuclear power plants in Fukushima exploded and brought another severe situation to the area.

9 years has passed after this crisis happened in Japan, still 60% of people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefecture consider themselves as victim of that incident and they think the situation has not changed.

The government reported that people who died from Great East Japan Earthquake has increased up to 15899, the number of missing people are 2529. Now 99.6% of the bodies got their identification but still 57 of bodies do not get to their home.

Especially Miyagi prefecture has got the worst effect from this crisis, on 11th March 2011, the Tsunami went up to 40m hills and murdered thousands people, who did not even know this would happen just before the Tsunami took them off the ground.

This Tsunami happened in 11th March 2011 looked black, as it included sludge, which caused many victims to death. The sludge made the eyesights very bad so they couldn’t see well in this Tsunami, and this black Tsunami was heavier than normal water. In fact, the langs from many of the dead body contained a lot black micro sediments.

Moreover, still 48,181 evacuees cannot go back to their normal life style and stays at temporary houses, even after 9years has passed.

Nothing has over yet.

The water from nuclear power plants are still running down, contaminating the nature. Even though that nuclear power plant had been believed as ‘the world most safest plant’.

In 2011, the government reported that the economic loss from Great East Earthquake was 16,900,000,000,000yen but it must be more and more if it includes the side city effects, all over in Japan.

Even 9 years has passed, they still need help to overcome the situation.

Many people lost their family, loved ones, houses and homeland.

It is very hard to imagine what they experienced on that day, and for sure they definitely do not want to recall that memory.

What I can do now is to inform about the reality there, let’s hope for the peace and remember the tragedy, so we do not bring the same catastrophe again!