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0625: A fuel tank at Tohoku Electric's thermal plant in Fukushima has exploded - Kyoto.0619: Japan's central bank is easing monetary policy in response to the earthquake - AP.0617: Francis Markus, spokesman for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Tokyo, describes for the BBC the daunting task facing relief workers in the north-east: "The areas which are still under water are very difficult to reach. There are areas which are still cut off, so there are big logistical difficulties. There will be ongoing needs for food and water and sanitation facilities over the next few days and obviously we will have to work very hard to meet the challenge of providing that assistance to those people, very large numbers of people who are in need. It is quite an extensive area along the coast of northeastern Japan and there is an area in which the tsunami alert was only lifted relatively recently so prior to that humanitarian aid workers were not able to get into that whole area. So whole new vistas of devastation and humanitarian disaster, if you like, are being uncovered in those areas."


0609: The Nikkei index has closed down 6.18%, or 633.94 points, at 9,620.49 - AFP.0557: Emiko Ohtaki, in Tokyo, writes: "Almost three days have passed since the earthquake happened, but we are still experiencing aftershocks sometimes. Japanese media says that the probability of another quake (magnitude 7.0) to happen within a few days is as high as 70%, so we are all terrified with aftershocks here. The biggest problem in Tokyo is shortage of power. We are having power cuts all around the Kanto area. Transportation services are very limited even in the central Tokyo. Food shortage is a serious problem as well. People are all preparing for future emergencies and buying food, beverage and other living materials. Almost all the shelves in grocery stores are empty... It is my first time to see such situations." Have Your Say0555: Going Forward in Kobe, tweets: "Handful of Irish living in worst-hit region 'safe and well' - Frontpage - Independent.ie: http://bit.ly/fzDhLR #japan"

0543: Kyodo is carrying the text of the Malaysian newspaper apology over its tsunami cartoon: "'We have no intention of making fun or to show our insensitivity towards last Friday disaster. We feel sad for the Japanese people who have lost their family members and properties. Our illustrator would also like to apologise for the caricature that has created a controversy. We truly sympathise with the tragedy and once again would like to apologise for the grievances that arise from the publication of the caricature.''0542: Toshi in Kobe, tweets: "We seriously need more help. The real is much worse than reporting. #earthquake#Japan"0535: Like China, Russia has had difficult relations with Japan at times but it, too, is helping out now. A transport plane carrying 50 rescue workers and equipment has departed Moscow and, closer to Japan, a helicopter carrying a further 25 rescuers has left Khabarovsk.

0524: A Malaysian newspaper has apologised for printing a caricature of Japanese cartoon superhero Ultraman comically trying to outrun a tsunami. Malaysians reacted with a tirade of anger after the Malay-language Berita Harian daily newspaper published the cartoon on Sunday, AP reports. 0521: China's Premier, Wen Jiabao, has sent his condolences to Japan. Usually little love is lost between the two Asian giants, locked in territorial disputes and embittered by wartime memories, but all of that was set aside when the premier spoke in Beijing. "I want to use today's opportunity to extend our deep condolences for the loss of lives in this disaster and to express our sincere sympathy to the Japanese people," he said. "China is also a country that is prone to earthquake disasters and we fully empathise with how the Japanese people feel now. When the massive Wenchuan [Sichuan] earthquake hit [in 2008], the Japanese government sent a rescue team to China and also offered supplies." A Chinese rescue team arrived in Japan on Sunday.

0508: Japanese officials have been reassuring the public that radiation levels at the Fukushima 1 are within legal limits. It was certainly a massive blast, a ball of flame and a plume of grey smoke.0500: Singapore will be testing imported Japanese produce for possible radiation, officials say - Reuters.0455: A spokesperson for Toyota says the suspension of work will result in a production loss of 40,000 vehicles - Japan's Nikkei news website.0453: John Keeley from the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington has told the BBC the hydrogen explosion was similar to the first blast at the plant: "Japanese officials to their credit have come out here quite quickly and suggested that at least at this moment they don't believe there has been any significant radiological release - we will cross our fingers and hope that's the case. It appears that was the case with Unit 1's explosion, we'll hope that's certainly the case with Unit 3."0450: Toyota is to halt production at all domestic plants through to Wednesday - Kyodo.0441: The BBC's Rachel Harvey is in the devastated port of Minamisanriku, where up to 10,000 people are unaccounted for. A strong wind has been blowing, making the effort to find survivors and retrieve bodies from the rubble hazardous, she reports. There is anxiety in the region, she adds, after government warnings that a strong after-shock, or new earthquake, is possible in the next few days.0427: Officials in Iwate, one of the three prefectures hardest hit by the quake and tsunami, are appealing for funeral homes nationwide to send body bags and coffins. "We simply don't have enough," Hajime Sato tells the Associated Press news agency. "We just did not expect such a thing to happen. It's just overwhelming."0420: Number of injured in the nuclear plant blast is now known to be 11, the operator Tepco reports - Kyodo. 0414: So what was the origin of those reports about a 3-metre (10-foot) tsunami? It seems the crew of a fire department helicopter reported spotting the wave off Fukushima Prefecture. 0411: A tsunami alert along the north-east coast has been lifted, AFP reports, quoting officials.0409: The Japanese government has just said there was no marked change in the radiation level after the blast at Reactor 3. According to an article in the New York Times, the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from Japan's stricken reactors on Sunday. Crew members received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, government officials were quoted as saying.

0405: The central control room of Reactor 3 remains intact after the blast, the Japanese government says.0402: Jane, in Tokyo, writes: "We are still feeling some powerful aftershocks in Tokyo and everyone is on high alert as government warns there is 70% chance of another powerful aftershock happening in capital in the next few days. The commuter trains were completely full and people were being pushed onto the trains by conductors due to the reduced number of trains running from the scheduled power cuts. More people than usual are also choosing to cycle to work if they can. Restaurants, supermarkets and convenience stores are low on stock as deliveries are slow, if any. Though there is a strong sense that people are trying to get on with their lives in any way they can." Have Your Say0400: Ben Sugiyama, in Tsuyama, writes: "I live in western Japan, very far away from all the devastation but still close enough to be feeling the effects and witnessing the amazing fighting spirit of the Japanese. I just want to say thank you for allowing your live coverage to be shown on the internet here, It has been very comforting for me to be able to follow the news in English. However, I think there is a slight error in your article today - I quote: 'The authorities ordered nationwide power outages after being forced to close all the country's nuclear plants.' This isn't true, in fact the power outages are only affecting the northern part of Japan. We have been asked to conserve as much energy as possible down here but we aren't experiencing any black outs."

Have Your Say0351: Full quotes from Yukio Edano on the explosion: "We believe that there is a low possibility that a massive amount of radiation has been leaked. But it is similar to the time when the hydrogen explosion took place in number 1 reactor (which exploded on Saturday). In the case of number 3 reactor, we can see higher level of radiation. We are now collecting information for the concentration of the radiation and the dose."0347: Kyodo news agency reports that Tokyo Electric Power - the firm that operates the stricken power station - faces massive selling orders.0345: AP reports that Tokyo Electric Power has postponed imposing rolling blackouts, but is calling for all to try to limit electricity use. This tallies with the BBC's Mariko Oi reported earlier, that there had been no shutdown in Tokyo. 0340: USAID explains what it has sent to Japan in another tweet: "Our teams include 144 personnel,12 canines trained to detect live victims,&more than 85 tons of equipment. #Japan"0339: USAID tweets: "USAID's Search&Rescue teams from Fairfax County and LA arrived in Misawa #Japan."


0334: AP quotes the bank as saying in a statement: "The bank will continue to grasp the situation of the financial markets and business operations of financial institutions, and to stand ready to respond and act as necessary."0333: Japan central bank doubles the amount of money it's ploughing into the economy to 15 trillion yen ($183.8bn), according to AP news agency.0328: Seven people are missing and three people have been injured by the explosion at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant, the AFP news agency reports, quoting an official from Tepco, the company which operates the plant.0254: To recap, in the past hour we have had reports of a new tsunami which appears to have been a false alarm, and a blast has wrecked a wall at a nuclear reactor but its containment vessel withstood the impact. We also had reports of 2,000 bodies found on the tsunami-ravaged north-eastern coast.

0247: Mr Edano said major radiation leaks were unlikely from Reactor 3.0243: Japanese government spokesman Yukio Edano has just spoken on TV. Says that water injection at Reactor 3 seems to be continuing, and the containment vessel is still safe. 0242: Reactor 3 withstood the explosion(s), its operator says - Japanese news agency Jiji.0240: The governor of Tokyo orders radioactivity levels in the city to be measured - Kyodo.0239: The 600 people still living within 20km of the plant where the explosion(s) occurred are ordered to get inside buildings - Kyodo. 0236: The wall of a building collapsed as a result of the blast(s) at Reactor 3 - Japanese TV.0234: Some 2,000 bodies were found today on two shores in Miyagi Prefecture, 1,000 on the Ojika Peninsula and 1,000 at Minamisanriku - Japanese news agency Kyodo.0232: Update on the explosion(s) at Reactor 3: "We believe it was a hydrogen explosion. It is not immediately known if it affected the reactor" - nuclear safety agency spokesman Ryo Miyake.0231: No data to suggest a tsunami several metres in height, the monitor adds.

0229: An ashen-faced Japanese quake monitor is live on Japanese TV right now saying no tsunami has been detected.0227: There were two explosions at Reactor 3, the operator Tepco says - AFP.0225: Just to remind you: there were fears of a meltdown at Reactor 3 on Sunday. Also: an explosion occurred at Reactor 1 on Saturday but the core was reportedly not exposed.0224: "Hydrogen blast occurs at Fukushima nuke plant's No 3 reactor" - Kyodo.0221: Urgent: Explosion at Reactor 3 - AFP.0220: Sea level has dropped five metres off Fukushima, confirming imminent arrival of tsunami - Japanese TV.

0218: Column of smoke escaping from Reactor 3 at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant - Japanese TV.0216: Grimmer news on the recovery operation in Minamisanriku: about 1,000 bodies found there, according to Kyodo. 0214: Evacuation order issued in the city of Hachinohe in the north-east - Kyodo0212: Tsunami feared to reach north-eastern coast "in minutes" - Kyodo. 0210: North-eastern coast on the alert for a 3-metre tsunami - Japan's Jiji news agency.0208: Even if the better news about the missing people of Minamisanriku is confirmed it is sobering to read on Kyodo this morning that "tens of thousands" of people remain unaccounted for.0201: dlefevre23 in Kobe, tweets: "people are basically living on Cup-o-noodle right now. Only 3 stores open in Sendai. #japan"

0200: Police have confirmed 1,597 deaths to date, not including between 200 and 300 bodies in Sendai which recovery teams have so far been unable to reach, Japan's Kyodo news agency reports. At the same time, some hopeful news has come out of Minamisanriku, the town where 10,000 people were believed to be missing. Kyodo says it has unverified information that "many" residents were evacuated to the neighbouring town of Tome.0149: ?? tweets: "The lucky ones outside of the #tsunami zones are back at their desks this morning in #Japan. This is a resilient nation. We'll be OK."0139: Wa-L Masri in Tokyo, tweets: "I think cellphone's down again. My Japanese friend joined FB yday coz her family decided it's more reliable in such times #japan#earthquake"0134: The tremor struck off-shore 140km (87 miles) north-east of Tokyo, shaking tall buildings in the capital but the authorities did not issue a tsunami alert, AFP reports. It had a depth of 18.8km, the US Geological Survey says.0114: The latest after-shock would probably have been felt by many people in their homes as the government advised people not to go to school or work today due to transport disruption and power cuts.


0112: The new tremor was magnitude 6.2, according to Japanese monitors.0110: Strong tremor felt in Tokyo - AFP.0108: Just a reminder that Google has a page of useful links for anyone caught in the disaster zone or trying to contact people there.0105: A damaged nuclear power plant is still in an "alarming" state, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says.0102: Sena Sato, in San Jose, writes: "All my relatives live in Japan and they are all right. However, my cousin's house has been severely damaged, yet they continue to occupy it because there is nowhere else to go." Have Your Say0101: The US Treasury says it has been assured by Japanese counterparts that transactions and settlement systems are operating normally - Reuters.0059: Simon Williams writes: "I am from Wales and living in Osaka. I feel bad because we haven't really been affected down here. When I watch the television it is like watching another country, it's hard to believe that it's really happening. After living here for 6 years I know that the Japanese are a strong people. I am positive that they will come back stronger than before."

Have Your Say0058: The US Treasury says it's watching markets closely in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami - Reuters.0046: Guy Middleton, in Tokyo, writes: "I think it would be helpful if the British Embassy could provide an up-to-date news page on their website for those of us not competent in Japanese. People require essential information updates on the power cuts that will start, about trains and transport, food shortages, and about the threat from the nuclear power stations. It would also be useful to have translations of announcements made by Japanese authorities. At the moment, it's a question of piecing things together from rumour, English language media in Japan, and overseas media." Have Your Say0043: Shares in Japan's top car-makers have plunged by more than 10% as investors react to plant shutdowns after the quake - AFP.0038: Roy Wilshere, a team leader in the UK International Search and Rescue Team, is in Japan and he and his team are about to join the search for survivors in Ofunato: "We will segregate the area into different zones or sectors as we call them, and go house by house, edging a ready assessment, and just to see if there's anyone there who still needs help. We have been told there's hundreds of people missing in the area - we'll be looking as quick as we can and as fast as we can to help people. But it's been a couple of days already so we do need to get down there - time is of the essence, the longer you leave it the less chance of survival. So that's why we're really in the planning stage now to get down there and start searching."

0035: So Japanese shares have plummeted on the first trading day since the earthquake, with the long-term impact of the disaster still uncertain. 0024: US search and rescue teams are "on the ground" in Misawa, northern Japan, the White House says. They number 144 people and 12 dogs trained to detect survivors trapped under rubble, and have 45 metric tonnes of rescue equipment with them, AFP reports.0021: The stock market in Japan has just opened. A few moments ago the Nikkei was down more than 5% or 500 points, dipping below the 10,000-point level. The Bank of Japan has just announced it is pumping in 7tn yen ($85.5bn) of emergency liquidity into the financial system.0011: It's 0911 local time and thousands of people are waking up after another freezing night spent huddled in blankets over heaters in emergency shelters. The search for survivors - and the bodies of the dead - is continuing along the north-eastern coast.


0010: Steve Lowe, in Stafford, UK, writes: "I have friends who work at Tokyo Disneyland. I would hope you will publish this as they are going through living hell at the moment. The park itself is closed until 23rd of March, and they were in rehearsals for a new parade. I know that at least one of my friends is ok, as he has posted pictures on his facebook account. But I don't know for others. The roads are all covered in a grey sludge, and cracks are everywhere in the ground. The pictures of devastation are terrible. I just hope my friends are alright." Have Your Say0004: tokyobybike tweets: "Transport chaos in Tokyo this morning as train services interrupted. Despite this few people cycling to work. #japan #cycling"0000: Welcome to the fourth day of our live coverage of Japan's earthquake disaster.
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by nyfiken | 2011-03-15 08:08