Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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A foreign tourist drops money into a donation box carried by an elephant during a fundraising campaign for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 21, 2011.

An elephant dances with volunteers wearing costumes to raise money for victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami in Khao San Road, a backpacker area in Bangkok March 21, 2011. The donation drive was part of Thailand's efforts to aid earthquake-hit Japan.

 

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An elephant among others carries a donation box during a fundraising campaign for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 21, 2011.

A foreign tourist donates money to an elephant during a fundraising campaign for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 21, 2011.

 

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Akira Ab, father of rescued 16-year-old Jin Abe, checks on his son at the Red Cross hospital in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on Monday, March 21. One day earlier, Jin and Akira's 80-year-old mother Sumi Abe were rescued from their collapsed home, nine days after a massive earthquake and tsunami. The story of survival provided some rare good news as the death toll from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami continued to climb.

Doctor is doing checkup on a newborn baby in Iwagi Hospital

 

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A second-grade girl smiled brightly after finding out her school bag among debris in Ayasato elementary school in Ofunato

People collects belongings from their home, Ishimaki.

 

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Norio Tsuzumi, vice president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), left, apologizes to evacuees at an evacuation center in Tamura, Fukushima prefecture, March 22. Public sentiment is such that Fukushima's governor Yuhei Sato rejected a meeting offered by the president of Tepco, the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear plant. "Considering the anxiety, anger and exasperation being felt by people in Fukushima, there is just no way for me to accept their apology," said Gov. Sato on national broadcaster NHK.

Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato offers words of hope at a shelter on March 21. Despite living close to the Fukushima nuclear facility, evacuees at the shelter say they had never had an emergency drill to prepare them for a nuclear disaster.

 

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A woman is crying when she receives a loaf of bread as a food distribution at a refuge shelter in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture.

Yamadani with his wife, Ryumi, both 31-years-old, came to where their apartment was. They barely registered a marrige certificate on March 3rd. They lost even the money for their wedding rings. Rikuzentakada

 

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From left, the father and brother of Hiroki Sugawara as his body arrived at Takata Junior High.
This kid did not went to school, they never say why, but because of that, he was killed by tsunami, his father bring him to the school for his classmates to say goodbye. His classmates alive because they are at school. School build at higher ground.

 

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Harue Ishikawa, 61, cried over her son's coffin after learning about his death at a makeshift morgue in Rikuzentakata

A coffin was carried from a temporary morgue set up inside a bowling alley in Natori

 

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Workers repair railway tracks damaged by the March 11 earthquake in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki prefecture.

Derailed JR train bound for Sendai hit into houses, Higashimatsushima,

 

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A cemetery is littered with with cars deposited by the tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, on March 21. Driving rain disrupted rescue efforts in Japan and compounded the misery of disaster survivors now fearing radioactive fallout from the smoldering wreck of a nuclear plant.

Even a fire truck was washed away, stuck amid debris in downtown Kameishi.

 

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Residents prayed at the graves of their ancestors at a cemetery in Minamisanriku

Tamane Mitsuko, 60, prayed outside her destroyed house in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday.

 

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Destruction is seen in the wake of last week's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato

Destruction is seen in the wake of last week's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato

 

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Women look at their homes in the destruction scene in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture

Destruction in Sendai

 

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The destruction is seen in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture

Kesennuma

 

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Dakahashi delivered a girl without problem after living in terrible situation in a shelter

Hosokawa, 29, nine month pregnant, giving her first son a pigbag ride, lives in a makeshift shelter at gymnasium of elementary school.

 

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Many japanese women pro golfers are raising money in the square of Hakada station of Japan Railroad.

 

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wow chie arimura tie so cute

if i am at hakata station sure put a bungle of cash into her box, only in her box , can shake her hand too. kawaii.

 

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A foreign tourist drops money into a donation box carried by an elephant during a fundraising campaign for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 21, 2011.

An elephant dances with volunteers wearing costumes to raise money for victims of the recent Japan earthquake and tsunami in Khao San Road, a backpacker area in Bangkok March 21, 2011. The donation drive was part of Thailand's efforts to aid earthquake-hit Japan.

I doubt the money will reach Japan. The KNN using elephant to cheat money.

 

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A long line for receiving socks in Sendai.

Victims get water at early morning

 

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Peoples carrying personal stuffs came from the shelter in Minamisoma to a Niigata-bound bus station in Tsuruzawa . A woman who was on the road with parents and 8-years-old her daughter, 39, said "It is secure even if we are far away from home. I am worried whether my kid is exposed to radiation or not", was waiting to depart for 3 locations of shelter.

Ito, 85, is not in good condition, hard to walk, hearing information from a radio close to her ears.