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About the "Memories for the Future" Project in Japan
On March 11, 2011 a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, causing unimaginable damage. Many people lost their lives, their homes, and all their precious memories collected over generations. Among the things lost were precious photos and videos — cherished images of family, friends, pets and once-in-a-lifetime events — buried in rubble or washed to sea. To help people in Japan share their photographs and videos that did survive, Google created a website, “ Mirai e no kioku ” (text is in Japanese only), which means “Memories for the Future”. Through this site, people have been able to rediscover lost memories of their homes and towns. Google is now also providing thousands of miles of Street View imagery in the affected areas that were collected before and after the disaster.Experience the tsunami-affected areas of Japan through Street View
(Cross posted on Official Google Blog ) Back in July, we announced our initiative to digitally archive the areas of Northeastern Japan affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Today, we’re making good on that promise—after driving more than 44,000 kilometers through the affected regions, 360-degree panoramic imagery of those areas is now available through the Street View feature in Google Maps . The images can also be viewed via a special website called “ Memories for the Future ,” where you can easily compare before and after shots of the towns changed by these events. A virtual tour via Street View profoundly illustrates how much these natural disasters have transformed these communities. If you start inland and venture out toward the coast, you’ll see the idyllic countryside change dramatically, becoming cluttered with mountains of rubble and debris as you get closer to the ocean.
Fukushima: Tepco publie des photos de la centrale frappée par le tsunami - En quête de science - France Culture
21 mai 2011 - Pour la première fois, l'opérateur de la centrale de Fukushima Daiichi, Tepco, publie des photos prises depuis l'intérieur de la centrale pendant l'arrivée du tsunami qui a suivi le séisme de magnitude 9 qui a frappé le Japon le 11 mars 2011. Le journal Mainichi a diffusé ces images:
Japan's crisis: one month later - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Japan is just in the beginning of the long term recovery effort from the earthquake that struck off northeastern Japan on March 11. The crisis alert level from the damage to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has now been raised to the highest level of impact, the same as the Chernobyl Russia incident 25 years ago. Searchers continue to look for the dead, displaced Japanese live in shelters, protests continue over use of nuclear power, Japan's economic engine may be disrupted, the massive cleanup of debris is just underway, aftershocks are feared and many continue to mourn those who were lost. The photos collected here are from one month to the day of the quake and beyond. -- Lloyd Young ( 36 photos total )Vidéos séisme du Japon
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A week after a 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami leveled large swaths of northeastern Japan, effects of the disaster are still rippling across the country and the world. Misery of the victims continues unabated, as shelter, food, water, and fuel have become dear. A nuclear facility crisis has both troops and workers scrambling to keep the situation from getting worse, while foreign governments are urging their citizens to evacuate. -- Lane Turner ( 25 photos total )
Japan: One week later - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Une mère essaie de parler à sa fille, qui a été isolée pour cause de radiation, à Nihonmatsu, à proximité de Fukushima, le 14 mars 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
Le Japon d?vast? | Slate
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A massive 8.9-magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing dozens of deaths, more than 80 fires, and a 10-meter (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. Homes were swept away and damage is extensive. As more images of this historic event become available, they will be added below. [ Update, Sunday 3/13 - new entry added with Scenes from the Aftermath ] [ 48 photos ] Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by a tsunami in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area Friday, March 11, 2011. The oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire.
Earthquake in Japan - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
Three days after a massive earthquake that is now estimated to have registered a 9.0 magnitude, Japanese rescue crews are being joined by foreign aid teams in the search for survivors in the wreckage. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called the disaster nation's worst crisis since World War II, as the incredible scope of the destruction becomes clear and fears mount of a possible nuclear meltdown at a failing power plant. It is still too early for exact numbers, but the estimated death toll may top 10,000 as thousands remain unaccounted for. Gathered here are new images of the destruction and of the search for survivors. [ This is a follow-up to an earlier entry: Earthquake in Japan ] More images will be added as they come in. [ 33 photos ]
Japan Earthquake Aftermath - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the east coast of Japan early today. The quake -- one of the largest in recorded history -- triggered a 23-foot tsunami that battered Japan's coast, killing hundreds and sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, and boats. Editors note: we'll post more as the story develops -- Lloyd Young ( 47 photos total )
Massive earthquake hits Japan - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday's massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country's northeast coast were literally wiped away by an ensuing tsunami, leaving countless people seeking shelter in the aftermath of the quake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale and was the country's strongest recorded quake. -- Lloyd Young 44 photos total )
Japan: earthquake aftermath - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Japan - Vast Devastation - The Big Picture - Boston.com
The vast devastation wrought by the earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, may only be matched by the destroyed lives left in their wake. Few survivors have been found, but families continue to search for their sons, daughters, wives, husbands and friends. Threats of a nuclear reactor meltdown and resulting disaster loom. -- Paula Nelson ( 51 photos total )video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc6/81489/34/1605260179420_2624.mp4?oh=ac31b4d8738221641ba490396dc19636&oe=4D7F9F00&l3s=20110313100648&l3e=20110315101648&lh=0a6cfa5eeaecd6dc12abf
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.Photos: Scenes of survival and devastation from Japan | Posted | National Post
YOMIURI SHIMBUN/AFP/Getty Images A Self Defence soldier smiles as he holds a four-month-old baby who survived the recent tsunami with her family at Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture on March 14, 2011. Japan scrambled to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant on Monday after a hydrogen explosion at one reactor and exposure of fuel rods at another, just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 10,000 people.Japan Tsunami Pictures: Nuclear Reactor and Cities Burn
Photograph by Itsuo Inouye, Associated Press Tsunami -tossed cargo containers litter the ground Saturday in Sendai, Japan , where the local airport was nearly completely flooded by Friday's three-story-tall wave. Limited air traffic resumed at major Japanese airports on Saturday, but most were packed with stranded passengers, the Los Angeles Times earthquake is, but I've never seen anything like this," Seven Nia, a Los Angeles businessperson, told the paper. reported.Séquences choisies - une vague gigantesque balaie tout - tsr.ch - vidéo - info - le journal en continu
Une vidéo montrant bien l'arrivée de la vague et l'ampleur du tsunami sur une petite ville. by Mar 13