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Japanese Job: Fukushima - 4 Days After the Quake

Press release photos by NEXCO East Japan

NEXCO is the Japanese company (formerly a part of national public bureau), managing the operations of the Highway systems. They are now working for 24/7 on reconstructing the Quake/Tsunami-damaged Freeways to save the main logistics through the entire TOHOKU (north-east) area of Japan.

nevver:

宮古市

Black Tsunami at Miyako city, Iwate pref., North of Miyagi pref.

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Japan Earthquake Pictures — Epic Devastation, Left Nothing

posted by do-nothing | via Daily Mail Online

Japan Earthquake Pictures — Epic Devastation, Coastal Inferno

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Flames engulf buildings in an industrial complex in Sendai, north-eastern Japan

Japan Earthquake Pictures — Epic Devastation, Coastal Inferno

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Thick black smoke rises from burning buildings in a factory zone in Sendai, north-eastern Japan

lllkml:

Anxiety - Shinjuku, immediately following big earthquake (via Cozy66)

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do-nothing:

Japan: earthquake aftermath - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Smoke rises from a burning factory in Sendai March 12. (Kyodo/Reuters) #

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Japan’s Air Force Jet F-2 was pushed and crushed into the building by Tsunami.

zenigata:

虹裏 img 流されてF-2

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It’s Gone. The entire town has disappeared.

loveeejapan:

producermatthew: 

A photo of Sendai, Japan on March 11th, 2011 (left) before the massive earthquake and tsunami, and after on March 12, 2011 (right), photographed by Taiwan’s National Space Organization.

(Source: matthewkeys, via fmfy-deactivated20110915)

Ship Landed   |  by REUTERS/Kyodo

farhaaan:

A ship tossed ashore by a tsunami following an earthquake is seen in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan March 12, 2011. Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. REUTERS/Kyodo

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rodrigoebr:

The town of Minamisanriku, where 9500 people are unaccounted for.

This looks like Hiroshima after the atomic bombing.
There are many towns in the similar situation now. heart wrenching.

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Japanese Government Confirms Meltdown

March 13, 2013 6:48 AM in Japan  |  March 12, 2011 21:48 GMT/16:48 EST/13:48 PST

Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) said March 12 that the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 nuclear plant could only have been caused by a meltdown of the reactor core, Japanese daily Nikkei reported. 

This statement seemed somewhat at odds with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano’s comments earlier March 12, in which he said “the walls of the building containing the reactor were destroyed, meaning that the metal container encasing the reactor did not explode.”…

Read more on STRATFOR  |  Photo via MSNBC.com

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant After Explosion

papalove-mamily-tenjiku:

鉄骨がむき出しになった福島第一原発１号機の建屋＝東京電力提供 - asahi.com mini

(Source: neetria, via nemoi)

Massive Earthquake Hits Japan - The Big Picture | Boston.com

pozzvino8:

Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast.

Photo by Japan’s Kyodo News | via Associated Press

apsies:

Cars and debris are carried by the tsunami at Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture. (AP)

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