Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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Kids plays a dice game made by Gono(center)

Hirai arrived at Chubu Airport from Fukushima. When he saw his grandmother, Ito, he gave her a big hug and was happy for being there in one piece.

 

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A placard is posted along the roadside in the coastal area in Iwate Prefecture, reading " Indomitable Iwate"

Divers of the Japan Coast Guard search for missing people in waters off Onagawa, March 22.

 

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A truck drives by a tsunami warning sign, top left, in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, March 22.

Rescue workers search for survivors on March 22 in Iwate prefecture.

 

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A vessel remains where the tsunami deposited it in Ishinomaki.

A man makes his way through Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, on March 21. Heavy rain along the northeast coast disrupted rescue efforts and compounded the misery of survivors now fearing radioactive fallout from the wrecked Fukushima plant.

 

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Tip of Tokyo Tower bent.

ex train station

 

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entire airforce squadron - gone and become strap metal

 

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more instant noodles for hungry japanese and fill them with msg, which probably kill them faster than the iodine radiation
hell, msg invented by japanese anyway.

 

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the old people too sad to comfort, let comfort the babies and tots

 

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no heating oil, let cuddle up together

free food

 

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yeah free radioactive fish

tsunami what tsunami

 

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lot of fun here

you have to sweep like this

 

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i want my mommy

i want happy meal

 

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i will win the olympic gold when i grow up

i will grow up to be god of gamble

 

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yes more hokkaido msg

my back hurts

 

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Photo harder to come by, lots of paper moving on with the story, everyone help to contribute more photos of big east japanese earthquake, esp postnews
A lot of work, time consuming especially to paste those panorama photos, and flash photos.

Please help.

 

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Saya Takahashi,12, sits in class during an emotional graduation ceremony for the 6th grade at the Ohya Elementary school March 23, 2011 in Kesennuma, Japan.

Twelve days after the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the death toll has risen to well over 9,000 dead with thousands missing. Presently the country is struggling to contain a potential nuclear meltdown after the nuclear plant was seriously damaged from the quake.​

 

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Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces gather for a briefing in the snow in Tarou, north of Morika in Iwate prefecture, on March 23, 2011, 12 days after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The confirmed death toll from the twin disaster rose March 23 to 9,408, and Japan holds out little hope for 14,716 officially listed as missing.​

 

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Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces climb through the window of a damaged building to search in Tarou, north of Morika in Iwate prefecture, on March 23, 2011.

Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces recover items from a damaged building.​

 

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A man places a flower in front of a grave of victims at the cemetery where the victims were buried in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, on March 23, 2011.

A family prays for their relative killed in the tsunami at the cemetery where the victim was buried in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, on March 23, 2011. A total of 60 tsunami victims were buried at the temporary cemetery from March 22.

The Japanese usually cremate remains. But local governments say a lack of fuel -- which is desperately needed by homeless survivors for heat and transport -- make burial a more sensible option in the short term.​