Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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A child takes cover underneath his desk during a disaster drill named "Shakeout Tokyo" at Izumi elementary school in Tokyo on March 9, 2012. Tokyo's Chiyoda ward residents, commuters, office workers and school children held a mass disaster drill in preparation for the next big earthquake.

Hiromi Sato gave birth to her son Haruse at the Ishinomaki Red Cross hospital on March 11, 2011, the day of the disaster. In a fortunate twist of fate, her husband Kenji Sato took time off from work to see his third child born at a hospital in the nearby port city. A year on, the Satos are planning a quiet birthday with some cake and ice cream for the child who, his grandmother Kazuko insists, "was born to save us".

 

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Why science wasn't around to help these people?

Has science abandoned human civilization?

Who still wants to rely on science?

Are you supporter of religion and making fun of Japan suffering?

 

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This combination photograph shows Yuko Sugimoto wrapped with a blanket standing in front of debris looking for her son in the tsunami-hit town of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture on March 13, 2011 and the same housewife standing with her five-year-old son Raito at the same place on January 27, 2012. March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummelled Japan, claiming more than 19,000 lives.

Yuko Sugimoto listens as her son Raito talks about his friend who passed away during a visit to the Ishinomaki Mizuho No.2 kindergarten in Ishinomaki, Japan on February 22, 2012. Sugimoto was pictured last year (see photo number one), wrapped in a blanket in front of a pile of debris as she looked for her son Raito who was missing. He had found refuge from the tsunami on the roof of the kindergarten.

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location on a street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011 and February 17, 2012. The first photograph shows the area today, and the second shows a tsunami wave crashing into the street after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake. [ Click image to see the area one year ago ]

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location in a fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on March 11, 2011 and February 17, 2012. The second photograph shows a wave crashing into the port during the tsunami.

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location in a fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011 and February 16, 2012

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location on a street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011 and February 17, 2012.

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location on a street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011 and February 17, 2012.

 

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This pair of photographs shows the same location on a street in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011 and February 17, 2012

 

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This pair of pictures shows the area where the ship Asia Symphony ran aground after the March 11 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan on March 18, 2011 and January 16, 2012

 

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This pair of pictures taken from a hilltop on March 16, 2011 and on January 14, 2012 shows the city of Kesennuma, Japan.

 

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This pair of pictures shows the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture, Japan on January 13, 2012 and people evacuating with small boats down the same road flooded by the tsunami on March 12, 2011

 

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This pair of pictures shows a street in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on January 13, 2012 and a boat washed by the tsunami onto the same street on March 15, 2011

 

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This pair of pictures shows a bridge in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture, Japan as it looked on January 13, 2012 and as it looked covered with debris from the tsunami on March 15, 2011.

 

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This pair of pictures shows a tourist home in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture, Japan on January 16, 2012 and the same building with a sightseeing boat washed onto it on April 16, 2011.

 

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This pair of pictures shows train tracks in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture, Japan on January 12, 2012 and the same tracks damaged and littered with cars after the tsunami on March 13, 2011.

 

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This pair of pictures shows Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on January 15, 2012 and the same view three days after the tsunami on March 14, 2011.

 

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This pair of pictures shows Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on January 15, 2012 and the same view three days after the tsunami on March 14, 2011.

 

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This pair of pictures shows Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture, Japan on January 15, 2012 and on March 22, 2011.

 

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The tsunami-devastated Sendai airport in Miyagi prefecture, is seen in these images taken March 11, 2011 and March 2, 2012.