Photo: Itsuo Inouye
/ AP
People stand near a pine tree which survived the March 11 earthquake and
tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan,
Sunday,March 11, 2012. On Sunday, Japan marks the one-year anniversary
of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis.
Photo: Reuters
Paying respects in silence one year after the tsunami
Photo:
Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Keiko Suzuki, 40 prays at the site of her uncle's
home on March 11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. Her uncle Kazuyoshi
Sugawara was killed when his home was swept away by the tsunami last
year. On the one year anniversary, the areas most affected by last
year's March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that left 15,848
dead and 3,305 missing according to Japan's National Police Agency,
continue to struggle. Thousands of people still remain without homes
living in temporary dwellings. The Japanese government faces an uphill
battle with the need to dispose of rubble as it works to rebuild
economies and livelihoods. Across the country people are taking part in
ceremonies to pay respects to the people who lost their lives.
Photo:AP
A woman stands in an area devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Photo:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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People observe a moment of silence in front of a vessel swept inland by the tsunami which followed the Great East Japan Earthquake to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the disaster at 2:46 p.m. in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. The magnitude-9 earthquake last year triggered a tsunami that in just 60 minutes laid waste to entire towns, engulfed four-story hospitals, left hundreds of thousands of homeless and crippled a nuclear plant.
Photo:Kyodo News
People join their hands on a beach and offer prayers for the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami victims in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Photo:Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
Susumu Sugawara, a fishing boat captain, left,
prepares to float a wooden model of a fishing boat to comfort the
spirits of victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami at the
port of Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Saturday, March
10, 2012.
Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Flowers have been placed at the site where a home used to stand on March
11, 2012 in Rikuzentakata, Japan. On the one year anniversary, the
areas most affected by last year's March 11, 2011 earthquake and
subsequent tsunami that left 15,848 dead and 3,305 missing according to
Japan's National Police Agency, continue to struggle. Thousands of
people still remain without homes living in temporary dwellings. The
Japanese government faces an uphill battle with the need to dispose of
rubble as it works to rebuild economies and livelihoods. Across the
country people are taking part in ceremonies to pay respects to the
people who lost their lives.
Photo: Kyodo News
A local resident in protective suit and mask lays flower on the site of his house which was swept away by the last year's earthquake and tsunami, inside the contaminated exclusion zone near the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Photo:
Daniel Berehulak - Getty Images
Hikari Oyama, 8, plays with bubbles, after she and her
grandmother payed
their respects at the memorial to victims of the last year's tsunami at
the Okawa Elementary School, where 74 children were killed and 4 are
still missing, on March 11, 2012 near Ishinomaki, Japan. "I thought
bubble suits better for children rather than incense sticks, so that is
why I play with bubble here. and it always makes people laugh and relax"
Oyama's grandmother said.
Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun & Hiroto Sekiguchi/AP
This combination file photo shows Koji Chiba, a
member of Japan's Self-Defense Force, after rescuing
four-month-old Iroha Ishikawa in Ishinomaki, northern Japan, March 14,
2011, top, holding the now 16-month-old girl in
Ishinomaki on Saturday, March 10, 2012, bottom, on the eve of the March 11
earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis.
Photo: Haruyoshi
Yamaguchi/Bloomberg
People place lanterns on the sea in the Odaiba district
of Tokyo, Japan,
on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Sonntag mittag wurde in Japan um 2.46 Orstzeit kollektiv getrauert - es war der genaue Zeitpunkt des Bebens mit der Stärke 9 auf der Richterskala an Japans Nordostküste am 11. März 2011, Auslöser für einen Tsunami, der das Fukushima Dai-ichi AKW zerstörte und drei Reaktoren schmelzen ließ. Ein großer Teil Japans der am schlimmsten betroffenen Gebiete ist mittlerweile freigeräumt von Schuitt, aber das Ausmaß der Schäden in einigen Regionen ist so, dass es viele Jahre dauern kann, bevor dort mit Wiederaufbau begonnen werden kann.Noch immer leben viele Menschen in Notunterkünften, sind noch immer ohne Arbeit, kämpfen um ihr Leben wieder in den Griff zu bekommen. Einige Landstriche werden aufgrund der Strahlenbelastung auf Jahrzehnte unbewohnbar bleiben.-
Japan collectively paused at 2:46 pm Sunday — the exact moment the magnitude-9 quake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, and unleashed a tsunami that devastated the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, causing three reactors to melt down.Much of Japan's worst-hit areas are now clear of debris, but the extent of the damage is such that it may take many years before some regions can start rebuilding.Many people are still living in temporary shelters and are still unemployed as they struggle to put their lives back together. Some tracts of land will be uninhabitable for decades to come because of radiation levels.
Sources:
- Japan Tsunami Remembered /News Observer /11.03.2012
Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster/NewsTimes 11.03.2012
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Liebe Birgit,
AntwortenLöschenzum Jahrestag des Tsunamis in Japan habe ich viele TV-Sendungen gesehen, die mich zutiefst bewegt haben. Zum einen, weil dieses schreckliche Ereignis für so viele Menschen nicht nur ein Jahr danach, sondern für immer ein Trauma bleiben wird.
Der Bericht "Die Kinder des Tsunami" war besonders beeindruckend. Ich hoffe, Du konntest ihn ebenfalls sehen.
In einem anderen Bericht waren die gesperrten Zonen Hauptthema mit Erzählungen der Menschen, die dort ihre Heimat für immer verloren haben und trotz der Verstrahlung verzweifelt nach Reststücken zur Erinnerung suchen - wirklich ein Alptraum.
Als Tierfreundin machten auch die Bilder so traurig von Hunden und Katzen, die dort mittlerweile völlig verwildert leben und sich nicht mehr einfangen lassen und in völlig intakten Geisterstädten hausen.
Das Bild mit den Seifenblasen finde ich aber auch sehr tröstlich
mit dem weisen Kommentar der Großmutter dieses Kindes.
Und dennoch brauchen wir uns nicht zu schämen, dass wir nur acht Tage nach dem Erdbeben in Japan mit so viel Leid und Zerstörung in Deutschland um einen Eisbären auch bitterlich geweint haben....
Traugige Grüße
Britta-Gudrun