Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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Workers in protective suits operate remote-controlled machinery to clear debris in the compound of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) Co.'s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima, northern Japan April 10, 2011, in this handout photo released by TEPCO April 11, 2011, one month after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a huge tsunami battered Japan's northeast coast.​

 

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A Japan Red Cross member gives a massage to an evacuee at an evacuation center in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Monday, April 11, 2011.​

 

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A month after the tsunami divastation, Japanese police officers have a moment of silence at the time of 2:46 when the earthquake hit the country in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture on April 11, 2011. Japan said it was to widen the evacuation area around a crippled nuclear plant to include territory outside the current 20-kilometre (12-mile) exclusion zone.​

 

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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows as he leaves a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 12, 2011. Kan said on Tuesday that Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) would soon come up with an outlook for when it would get the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi plant under control.​

 

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Japan Nuclear Safety Agency (NISA) official Hidehiko Nishiyama (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2011 as NISA director-general Kenkichi Hirose looks on. Japan upgraded its nuclear emergency to a maximum seven on an international scale of atomic crises on April 12, the first time the highest ranking has been invoked since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.​

 

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Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano (R) crams a tomato into his mouth as comedian Shizu-chan (L) crams a cucumber into hers in Tokyo at a sale of vegetables produced in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima prefecture on April 12, 2011 in support of farmers over fears of radiation hitting the food chain. The government is trying to support farmers in Fukushima, hurting from dropped sales due to rumours of the spread of radiation from the troubled nuclear power plant.​

 

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Fire and smoke are seen at a building for sampling from seawater near No.4 reactor of the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this handout photo taken on April 12, 2011. A fire broke out at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operator Tokyo Electric and Power (TEPCO) said on Tuesday, although flames and smoke were no longer visible. A worker saw fire at a building near the No.4 reactor at around 6:38 a.m. (21:38 GMT) and a fire fighting unit of the Self Defence Forces was sent to fight the blaze, a TEPCO spokesman said.​

 

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These two combo photos released Saturday, April 9, 2011 by Tokyo Electric Power Co. via Kyodo News show before (top) and after (bottom) the March 11, 2011 tsunami triggered by a strong earthquake hitting the compound of the Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear power plant in Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.​

 

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Toyota Motor Corp on April 11, 2011 warned that the uncertain supply of parts from Japan could threaten its output of vehicles through July, the latest sign of trouble for the global auto industry stemming from the massive Japanese earthquake a month ago.​

 

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A destroyed bus sits on a roof of a building after being washed up by the March 11 tsunami triggered by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture.​

 

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A car remains stuck under the roof of a warehouse, after it was pushed there by the recent tsunami, at the port of Miyako, Iwate prefecture.​

 

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A car hangs from a damaged building in Onagawa town, Miyagi prefecture.​

 

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A sailboat sits atop a building amid a sea of debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture.​

 

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Employees of Japan Airlines make preparation at a departure hall of Sendai airport, in Natori city, near Senday, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, April 13, 2011.​

 

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A passenger jet plane from Tokyo arrives at Sendai Airport in the town of Natori in Miyagi prefecture on April 13, 2011. Sendai Airport resumed its operation after it was hit by a tsunami and a massive earthquake last month. The message 'Fight Japan' is painted on the plane's body.​

 

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A plane takes off at Sendai Airport in Natori city, near Sendai, Japan's Miyagi prefecture, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, as the airport partially resumed domestic flight operations Wednesday after it was submerged by a tsunami following a massive earthquake last month.​

 

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Tuna unloaded for the first time after the March 11 tsunami and earthquake disaster are seen at a fish market in Shiogama, Miyagi prefecuture, on April 14, 2011. Some 17 tons of tuna caught off Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean were put up at auction on April 14 amid continuing concern over radiation leaks from the troubled TEPCO Fukushima No. 1 Daiichi nuclear power plant and the effects the leaks may have on the food chain.​

 

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A Buddist monk prays for tsunami victims buried due to the lack of crematoriums in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi prefecture on April 13, 2011. Japanese usually cremate their dead, but the normal system has been unable to cope with the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands along the northeastern coast of the country.​

 

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Mongolian-born grand champion, or yokozuna, Hakuho (L) shakes hands with a shopper as he and other sumo wrestlers ask people walking past for donations for people living in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-hit areas, in Tokyo on April 13, 2011. A dozen sumo wrestlers took part in the campaign in the Ginza shopping district.​

 

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Toya Chiba, a reporter for local newspaper Iwate Tokai Shimbun, is swept by a tsunami as he records with his video camera, at Kamaishi port, Iwate prefecture which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in this photo taken on March 11, 2011 and released by Kamaishi Port Office via Kyodo on April 14, 2011. Chiba managed to survive the tsunami by grabbing a dangling rope and climbing onto a coal heap around 8 meters high after being swept away for about 30 meters, Kyodo news reports. Picture taken March 11, 2011.

Intrepid reporter Toya Chiba finds himself out of his depth as the waves crash around and despite narrowly avoiding being crushed by cars he regains his composure and carries on taking photos

I survived: Lucky reporter Toya Chiba, returns to the scene of his amazing escape

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