Fukushima disaster: 10 years on, Japan's '3/11' is seared into the nation's collective memory
March in Japan is a time of winding down, celebrating and preparing for new beginnings. The school year comes to a close, graduation ceremonies fill up the month and workers prepare for the annual shuffle dance of moving to a new outpost. In the backdrop, the annual ritual and spectacle of cherry blossom season bursts into view. March is a busy but feel-good month. At precisely 2.46pm on Friday, March 11, 2011, an earthquake so powerful that it shifted the world on its axis, struck Japan’s north-east coast. The ensuing tsunami, which devastated multiple prefectures tethered to the Pacific ...
Source: independent.ie