Guardian: Press agencies have been gathering pictures from some of the worst-hit areas of Japan showing how communities are slowly…
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow): More than 20 million tons of trash was deposited into the Pacific Ocean last March when a tsunami…
Japan PM on Fukushima: “Taking this as a lesson, we will lead the world in clean energy such as solar…
The following map is a modified version of the earthquake vulnerability map published on Views of the World last month (see…
For the past 20 years or so, some seismologists in Japan have warned of the seismic and tsunami hazards to…
Tokyo Electric Power Company was reporting on Saturday on its survey of high-water marks left on the plant’s buildings.
It says…
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan on Thursday has left more than 2.6…
TOKYO, April 7 (Reuters) – The Japanese Red Cross has almost $1.3 billion in donations from the public in the…
Japan-based Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder documents the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the north-east of the…
PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) – Japanese authorities grappling with a nuclear disaster must hand out iodine tablets now and as…
The IAEA adds its voice to Greenpeace, calling for an expansion of the evacuation zone near Fukushima; yet the Japanese…
* A total of 11,438 people were confirmed dead by Japan’s National Police Agency as of 0600 GMT (2 a.m.…
(Reuters) – Highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor at Japan’s crippled nuclear complex, the plant’s operator said on…
(Reuters): Here are some facts about radiation and the health dangers it poses-
Below are different levels of massive radiation exposure…
Radioactive iodine-131 at a concentration 1,850.5 times the legal limit was detected in a seawater sample taken around 330 meters…
A Greenpeace team of radiation experts is monitoring locations around the evacuation area that surrounds the crisis-stricken Fukushima/Daiichi nuclear plant.…
A map, which provides a general representation of the risks of earthquakes on humanity using records from the past 4,000…
Food aid is flowing, refugees are restoring daily routines, and even mobile banks are appearing in north Japan as the…
Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste cre- ated by nuclear power plants is placed in…
Japan | Tue Mar 22, 2011
(Reuters) – Fuel shortages, icy rain and power outages are hampering Japan’s worst humanitarian crisis since…
LONDON (AlertNet) - Despite the high death toll and shocking devastation caused by last week’s quake and tsunami, aid workers…
Temporary housing is taking shape next to an evacuation centre in this northern Japanese town, among the first places where…
The New ReliefWeb: Serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief community
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Monday that radiation in food after an earthquake damaged a Japanese nuclear plant…
How many nuclear reactors are operational around the world today – and where are they? Get the data
Continue: Guardian
WHO is providing answers to the general public’s frequently asked questions concerning exposure, food, shelter and individual…
In response to the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Mar 11th 2011, the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis has launched this…
(CNN) — A massive emergency response operation is under way in northern Japan, with world governments and international aid groups coming…
16.03.2011 | Potsdam: The earthquake disaster on 11 March 2011 was an event of the century not only for Japan.…
Many relief organisations worldwide are collecting money to help fund the relief effort in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami
A rice ball and a quarter of a sausage is a typical meal for an evacuee staying at a shelter…
New York Times, Published: March 16, 2011
A United Nations forecast of the possible movement of the radioactive plume coming from…
March 17, 2011
The first readings from American data-collection flights over the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan show…
Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:23
Six days into the worst natural disaster in modern Japanese history, millions of people still lack…
