Mass-media: Disaster in Japan

The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin, literally "Tōhoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake") was an 8.9–9.0 M_W megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March 2011. The epicenter was reported to be 130 kilometers (81 mi) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku, with the hypocenter at a depth of 24.4 km (15.2 mi). On 14 March 2011, NHK News reported a Japan Meteorological Agency warning that there was a 70% probability of a new earthquake exceeding magnitude 7.0 occurring within or near the same hypocentral region in the following three days. (Wikipedia)

Japan crisis unlikely to be another Chernobyl-IAEA
Reuters
The nuclear crisis in Japan is unlikely to turn into another Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog said on Monday. It is "unlikely that the accident would develop" ...

Japanese Auto Makers, Other Firms Extend Production Halts
Wall Street Journal
Japan's major auto makers extended halts in domestic production at least through Wednesday as they continue to grapple with supply shortages, damaged facilities and rolling power outages wrought by Friday's ...

Japan quake death toll climbs
Los Angeles Times
As more than 1000 bodies wash ashore in Miyagi prefecture, there are fears that the death toll from the devastating earthquake in Japan could top 10000. The fate of tens of thousands of residents of the worst-hit areas remains unknown, officials say. ...

Japan nuclear fears lift solar stocks
CNNMoney
The TAN solar ETF popped Monday as nuclear safety fears surfaced in Japan. But analysts said the sun may soon set on the solar rally.

Obama aide: Little chance that Japan radioactivity will drift to US
USA Today
There is little chance that radioactivity from Japan's damaged nuclear plants will reach the United States or Hawaii, said Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Gregory Jaczko. Jaczko also told reporters today that his ...

Meltdown threat after hydrogen blast at Japanese nuclear plant
The Hindu
In this image made off Japan's NTV/NNN footage, smoke ascends from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's Unit 3 in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on Monday. Photo: AP Water levels dropped precipitously on Monday inside a stricken ...

Blackouts Add to Frustration in Japan
Wall Street Journal
Commuters stand in line to board other trains at Yokohama Station Monday after Japan Railway services were suspended due to rolling blackouts. TOKYO—Anger in Japan is mounting at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the country's leading utility, ...

How to donate to the Japan relief effort
The Guardian
Japan self-defence forces officers search for victims in Higashimatsushima City in northern Japan after the earthquake and floods. Photograph: Kyodo/REUTERS The Red Cross is the key aid organisation collecting donations for relief efforts following ...

Japan earthquake and tsunami: Earth's day length shortened as axis tilted by 25cm
Daily Mail
The earthquake that struck Japan on Friday was so powerful that it actually moved the whole planet by 25cm, experts say. According to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology the 9.0 magnitude 'quake was so ...

Europe split over nuclear safety amid Japan crisis
Reuters
Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in Japan while Britain and France urged calm. Nuclear power has been poised ...

Blogosphere

Explosion at Fukushima 3 Nuclear Power Plant ... Which Used PlutoniumPolitics
Washington's Blog
Japan's chief cabinet secretary says a hydrogen explosion has occurred at Unit 3 of Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

Japan - NYTimes.com
PAUL KRUGMAN
One interesting note: the catastrophe will, of course, require large public spending to aid recovery, even as it depresses Japan's economy and reduces revenue. And Japan already has a very high debt level. ...

Learning From Japan's Catastrophe
Steven Cohen
For those of us wedded to the idea of human development, we try to draw lessons from the catastrophes we manage to live through. One lesson we need to learn is that the impact of natural disasters will continue to grow.

How Facebook Users Reacted to the Japan Earthquake & Tsunami ...
Sarah Kessler
The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the coast of Japan Friday was the most powerful in Japan's history. The earthquake launched a devastating tsunami.

Japan in crisis: Live blog | Al Jazeera Blogs
Al Jazeera Staff
Smoke billows from the No.3 reactor at Fukushima nuclear power plant after a large explosion yesterday. Reactor No.1 - at the bottom of the picture - already faced ...

Japan: “Not That Sound Again” · Global Voices
Tomomi Sasaki
The all too familiar sound of Japan's Earthquake Early Warning system (緊急地震速報 Kinkyū Jishin Sokuhō) has become stuck in people's heads after being regularly broadcast on television and via mobile phone alerts, ...

Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Has Moved Coast 8 Feet, Shifted ...
Perez Hilton
Crazy. It´s like watching a scene from An Inconvenient Truth. The powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday has moved the island´s coast inward 8 feet and has shifted the...

Nuclear crisis in Japan - March 13 | Energy Bulletin
bart
Japanese Scramble to Avert Meltdowns as Nuclear Crisis Deepens After Quake Hiroko Tabuchi and Matthew L. Wald, New York Times Japanese officials struggled on Sunday to contain a widening nuclear crisis in the aftermath ...

Japan earthquake tsunamiThis Just In - CNN.com Blogs
lrathke
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan early Friday, triggering tsunamis that caused widespread devastation and crippled a nuclear power plant.

How to help Japan now | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Andrew Schenkel
Several organizations are trying to help those in need in Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami. Here's how you can help.