The earthquake in Japan
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan on March 11, causing a massive tsunami that killed thousands of people and devastated much of the country's northeast coast.
Nuclear reactor crisis in Japan
Japan’s crisis put at level of Chernobyl’s
Japan is preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation, the government announced yesterday. (By Hiroko Tabuchi and Keith Bradsher, New York Times)
- Vermont Yankee license on hold | Mass. medical teams sidelined in favor of technical aid
- Warning was issued in ’70s on GE-designed reactors | EU calls for reactor stress tests
- Effect on economic recovery a worry | Editorial: Crisis should prompt nuclear reassessment
- For workers at reactor, unthinkable risk | A massive, draining search for victims
- Car plant closures extended | Anxious sell-off leaves stocks in negative territory
- Graphic Risk of meltdown | Rescuers pull 70-year-old from her destroyed house
- Photos Japan: Then and now | Twitter updates | Timeline of events
- Shift on radiation data roils Japan
- Minister defends Japan’s crisis response
- In Chernobyl, a hint of what the future may hold for Japan
- Nitrogen injected into unit of disabled Japan nuclear plant
- Japan plant workers sending lesser of two evils into the sea
- In Japan, confidence slips amid nuclear peril
- Level of radioactive iodine in Tokyo water supply falls
- Japanese residents baffled by damage to nuclear plant
- Power restored at Japan facility’s six reactors
- Japan criticizes utility’s actions after disaster
- Japan’s nuclear disaster caps decades of accidents and fake reports
- A frantic effort to stem the spread of radiation in Japan
- Nation’s response could avert crisis like Chernobyl’s
Aftermath of quakes
Japan quake aftershock raises anxiety
Shoppers emptied store shelves, traffic snarled after stoplights lost power, and drivers waited in long lines to buy gasoline in a new wave of anxiety yesterday after a 7.1 magnitude aftershock struck disaster-weary northeastern Japan. (By Jay Alabaster and Tomoko A. Hosaka, 4/8/11)
- Graphic The disaster in Japan | Cascading disaster | Graphic How a tsunami forms
- No signs of life in remote villages
- Missing Va. teacher’s body found in Japan
- Town clings to hope but awaits the worst
- Japan urged to halt sale of food from areas around plant
- Some Japanese factories reopening
- Fault line pressure now closer to Tokyo
- Awaiting arrival of next ‘black swan’
- Big quake is latest in cluster that began in ’04
Rescue and recovery
Search for relatives is daunting
A cold wind blowing at her back, Tayo Kitamura knelt beside her mother’s body and pressed her palm against the blue plastic tarpaulin rescue workers had just wrapped the corpse in. She leaned in as if to hug the body, then closed her eyes tightly as tears slid down her cheeks. (By Todd Pitman, 3/19/11)
- The faithful reach out to Japan with the power of prayer
- Week after disasters, Japan concedes slow response
- A forlorn hunt for food numbs nuclear anxiety
Local reaction
Residents with ties to Japan yearn for contact
About 10,000 people from Greater Boston — and 18,000 from across New England — currently live in Japan, yet he said it remains unknown how many, if any, were killed or injured in the disaster. (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- Bedford company’s robots to help out in Japan
- Plymouth residents feel grief of Japanese sister city
- Temblors shook Boston centuries before
- Boston students send messages of compassion to Japan
- Near Pilgrim, some shrugs, some fears
- Boston students send messages of compassion | How to make a donation
US and international response
Japan seeks help from abroad
Japan is increasingly turning to other countries for help as it struggles to stabilize its tsunami-stricken nuclear plant and stop radiation leaks that are complicating efforts to recover the bodies of some of the thousands swept away by the towering wave. (By Ryan Nakashima and Mari Yamaguchi, 3/31/11)
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