By: Mary Rose | 2011-04-04 | News and society Three weeks after the powerful tsunami “swallowed” the bustling airport in Sendai, United State airman are still trying to restore it. It is said that commercial flights will be resumed soon. Hundreds of cars, many planes and even buildings were swept onto the runway at Sendai International Airport in Sendai, the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture in Japan when the massive waves engulfed the northeast coast of the country on March 11. The airport’s terminal building was flooded; the car park and aircraft hangers were also put on fire. The passengers were trapped on the upper floors of the building for two days; airport’s people had to flee to the roof of an administrative building. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-15 | News and society The massive offshore earthquake of 8.9 Richter scale and devastating tsunami have turned Japan's northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland. Powerful tsunami sent by one of the strongest ever recorded earthquakes has wiped away towns and cities in northeast coast and forced thousands of residents seeking shelter in the aftermath. Reportedly, thousands of people are missing and exceed of more 10, 000 people are dead. Earth – tsunami disaster has destroyed houses and overturned cars by sludge and dirty water. In such a situation of horrific destruction after once-in-300-years earthquake, Japan earns the world's admiration for the nation's resilience. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2012-03-10 | News and society One year after being devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, The Japanese has been rebounding. Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of the frightening calamity. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-11 | News and society Northeastern Japan has just been slammed by a 10 meter tsunami after the 8.9 quake which struck about 400km from Tokyo. The tsunami wept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings, and so on. 18 people are confirmed dead, 200 others were washed away, with several others missing during the disaster on the Sendai Island. People are still being evacuated to higher ground in coastal areas in order to survive from the powerful waves. Communication links are now broken, making it difficult to confirm the number of deaths and injuries. Let’s have a look at some first images of this deadly tsunami through these photos as below: read more
By: kazahaya | 2011-04-13 | News and society A huge aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan past due Thursday, rattling nerves since it knocked out energy for the northern component within the nation and prompted tsunami warnings that had been later... read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-14 | News and society A sculpture of Muhammad Ali was exhibited in California, millions people in Philippines gathered to form a “Dominican Cross”, children in Cambodia go to school by a motorbike "bus", Carnival festivals are held everywhere on earth, and a powerful earthquake hit Japan, sending a devastating tsunami across the country that took away the life of some 10, 000 people and destroyed million houses are some notable news in the last week. Let’s have a look at these photos as below to discover more: read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-17 | Community News Japanese people must face with thousands of difficulties after the dramatic quake and devastating tsunami struck this country, causing massive atomic explosions and nuclear meltdowns. Now, survivors not only have lack of water, food, electricity, houses and gasoline but also are threatened by dead radiation contamination. Japanese people; however; still keep their solidarity to overcome the crisis from finding out victims to taking care of the homeless, especially the old, children and women. Let take a look at some images capturing Japan’s post-quake behaviors that are admired by the whole community and you can study a precious lesson about their indomitable spirit. read more
By: august | 2011-04-22 | Branding A new analysis of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan has found that the intense temblor has accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds, according to geophysicist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. read more
By: Paige Taylor | 2010-10-14 | Destinations State of Japan, well-known for the nickname “Land of the Rising Sun" because the Sun lies to the east of nearby countries, is an island nation in East Asia stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. It is a major economic power when ranking the world's second-largest economy, the third largest in purchasing power parity and the world's fourth largest exporter and fifth largest importer. It is also currently serving as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The country is a developed country with very high living standards (10th highest HDI) and the highest life expectancy of any country in the world (according to both the UN and WHO estimates). Now let’s see typical features of the sun-rise country to know a little bit about it. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-06-15 | News and society Three months after the double disaster, in Japan, streets have been repaired, rubbles have been collected and the survivors have rebuilt their homes. Let’s see Japan's recovery three months after double disaster through photos as following: read more
By: IshanGoradiya | 2011-04-12 | Investing Can our stock market ride out the turmoil? When U.S. stocks plunged in 2008-2009, analysts hoped overseas markets could decouple from the effects of Americas downturn. Now we wonder if our stock marke... read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-12-20 | News and society The year 2011 is coming to end with numerous events around the world including the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Arab Spring in North Africa, climate change and global warming, the death of Obama Biladen, and so on. Let’s have a look back several most surprising pictures picked by Times Magazine. read more
By: annyhaiyan1 | 2011-04-08 | Causes and organizations A big aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan late Thursday, rattling nerves as it knocked out power to the northern part of the country and prompted tsunami warnings that were later canceled. read more
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