Morioka Sansa Odori Festival ( Morioka City )
Morioka Sansa Odori Festival, held from August 1 through 4, is one of the Five Great Festivals of Tohoku. Over 10,000 taiko drummers and dancers parade through the city; Sansa is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest taiko drum festival in the world. Legend has it that Sansa dance began when a wicked demon was punished by the god of Mitsuishi Shrine. The god made the demon swear that he would never do bad deeds again, and as a sign of his pledge, the demon placed his hand on a large rock and left a hand print. The locals rejoiced, dancing around the rock. This story explains the origin of Sansa, as well as the name Iwate, which means rock hand. The choreography for the main Sansa Odori parade on Chuodori Street is modern and simplified, but you can also see traditional and more dynamic Sansa dances at other venues such as Ekimae Hiroba in front of the station and at various halls.
Sansa is a parade that is visually and aurally stimulating. Imagine a big parade of marching bands in Japanese costumes playing Japanese instruments: that's Sansa. A team consists of three major sections: the taiko drummers, the flutists, and the dancers. All participants wear colorful costumes and dance while marching, even those playing instruments. Each taiko drum is quite large, about 50 cm in diameter and weighing about 6 to 7 kg; you will surely be impressed to see rows and rows of colorfully-clad dancers bouncing around all while playing the taiko and calling out Sakkora Choiwa Yasse, which is a call to bring in good luck. The festive music and the booming beat of the taiko is sure to excite your soul. Because the choreography is complicated, it takes a lot of practice for participants to perfect their movements. For this reason, to join the Sansa Odori parade, you must be a member of a participating team, formed by organizations such as schools, businesses, and civic groups. But if you cannot help dancing to the beat, you can join the Waodori or dancing in a circle at the end of the parade.
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Morioka Sansa Odori Festival, held from August 1 through 4, is one of the Five Great Festivals of Tohoku. Over 10,000 taiko drummers and dancers parade through the city; Sansa is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest taiko drum festival in the world. Legend has it that Sansa dance began when a wicked demon was punished by the god of Mitsuishi Shrine. The god made the demon swear that he would never do bad deeds again, and as a sign of his pledge, the demon placed his hand on a large rock and left a hand print. The locals rejoiced, dancing around the rock. This story explains the origin of Sansa, as well as the name “Iwate,” which means “rock hand.” The choreography for the main Sansa Odori parade on Chuodori Street is modern and simplified, but you can also see traditional and more dynamic Sansa dances at other venues such as Ekimae Hiroba in front of the station and at various halls.
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According to the legend Sansa dance began when a wicked demon was punished by the god of Mitsuishi Shrine. The god made the demon swear that he would never do bad deeds again, and as a sign of his pledge, the demon placed his hand on a large rock and left a hand print. The locals rejoiced, dancing around the rock. Read more:
Согласно легенде танец «санса» появился, когда бог храма Митсуиши наказал злого демона. Бог заставил демона пообещать, что они никогда больше не будет творить зло, в подтверждение своей клятвы демон оставил отпечаток своей ладони на большой скале. Местные жители ликовали и танцевали вокруг скалы. Читать больше на сайте фестиваля: --------------------------------------------
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Festival Sansa Odori de Morioka, Japón 2011.mpg
El Festival Sansa Odori de Morioka en la Prefectura de Iwate, se celebrada del 01 al 4 de agosto. Es una de los cinco grandes Festivales de Tohoku. Más de 10.000 tamborileros y bailarines taiko desfilan por la ciudad; Sansa aparece en el Libro de los Récords Guinness como el festival del tambor taiko más grande en el mundo. La leyenda cuenta que la danza Sansa comenzó cuando un demonio malvado fue castigado por el dios del Santuario Mitsuishi. El dios hizo al demonio jurar que no volvería a hacer malas acciones de nuevo, y como muestra de su compromiso, el demonio puso su mano sobre una gran roca y dejó una impresión de la mano. Los lugareños se regocijaron, bailando alrededor de la roca. Esta historia explica el origen de Sansa, así como el nombre de Iwate, que significa mano de la roca. La coreografía del desfile principal Sansa Odori en la calle Chuo Dori es moderna y simplificada, pero también se puede ver el tradicional y más dinámico baile Sansa en otros lugares como Ekimae Hiroba en frente de la estación y las distintas salas.
Sansa es un desfile que es visual y auditivamente estimulante. Imagine un gran desfile de bandas de música en trajes japoneses que tocan los instrumentos japoneses: eso es Sansa. Un equipo se compone de tres secciones principales: los tambores taiko, los flautistas y de los bailarines. Todos los participantes llevan trajes de colores y baile mientras van andando, incluso los instrumentos de juego. Cada tambor Taiko es bastante grande, alrededor de 50 cm de diámetro y un peso de aproximadamente 6 a 7 kg; que seguramente será impresionado de ver filas y filas de bailarines coloridos vestidos-rebotando todo mientras se reproduce el taiko y gritando Sakkora Choiwa Yasse, que es una llamada para traer buena suerte. La música festiva y el ritmo en pleno auge del taiko es seguro para excitar tu alma. Debido a que la coreografía es complicado, se necesita mucha práctica para que los participantes perfeccionar sus movimientos. Por esta razón, para unirse al desfile Sansa Odori, usted debe ser un miembro de un equipo participante, formado por organizaciones tales como escuelas, empresas y grupos cívicos. Pero si usted no puede dejar de bailar al ritmo, puede unirse a la Waodori o bailar en un círculo al final del desfile.
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Sansa dancing during the WSEAS conference banquet in Morioka, Japan.
Morioka Sansa Odori Festival, held from August 1 through 4, is one of the Five Great Festivals of Tohoku. Over 10,000 taiko drummers and dancers parade through the city; Sansa is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest taiko drum festival in the world. Legend has it that Sansa dance began when a wicked demon was punished by the god of Mitsuishi Shrine. The god made the demon swear that he would never do bad deeds again, and as a sign of his pledge, the demon placed his hand on a large rock and left a hand print. The locals rejoiced, dancing around the rock. This story explains the origin of Sansa, as well as the name Iwate, which means rock hand. The choreography for the main Sansa Odori parade on Chuodori Street is modern and simplified, but you can also see traditional and more dynamic Sansa dances at other venues such as Ekimae Hiroba in front of the station and at various halls.
Sansa is a parade that is visually and aurally stimulating. Imagine a big parade of marching bands in Japanese costumes playing Japanese instruments: that's Sansa. A team consists of three major sections: the taiko drummers, the flutists, and the dancers. All participants wear colorful costumes and dance while marching, even those playing instruments. Each taiko drum is quite large, about 50 cm in diameter and weighing about 6 to 7 kg; you will surely be impressed to see rows and rows of colorfully-clad dancers bouncing around all while playing the taiko and calling out Sakkora Choiwa Yasse, which is a call to bring in good luck. The festive music and the booming beat of the taiko is sure to excite your soul. Because the choreography is complicated, it takes a lot of practice for participants to perfect their movements. For this reason, to join the Sansa Odori parade, you must be a member of a participating team, formed by organizations such as schools, businesses, and civic groups. But if you cannot help dancing to the beat, you can join the Waodori or dancing in a circle at the end of the parade.
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2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami | Wikipedia audio article
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00:07:11 1.1 Geology
00:11:31 1.2 Energy
00:12:46 1.3 Geophysical effects
00:16:51 1.4 Aftershocks
00:19:04 1.5 Earthquake Warning System
00:20:46 2 Tsunami
00:22:00 2.1 Japan
00:34:40 2.2 Elsewhere across the Pacific
00:39:16 3 Land subsidence
00:41:02 4 Casualties
00:41:11 4.1 Japan
00:46:37 4.2 Overseas
00:47:17 5 Damage and effects
00:49:21 5.1 Ports
00:50:39 5.2 Dams and water problems
00:51:45 5.3 Electricity
00:56:15 5.4 Oil, gas and coal
00:57:43 5.5 Nuclear power plants
01:01:02 5.5.1 Fukushima meltdowns
01:02:47 5.5.2 Incidents elsewhere
01:04:11 5.6 Wind power
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01:08:50 5.8 Telecommunications
01:09:56 5.9 Defense
01:10:30 5.10 Space center
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01:12:28 6 Aftermath
01:14:29 7 Humanitarian response
01:14:57 8 Media coverage
01:17:42 9 Scientific and research response
01:21:56 10 See also
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SUMMARY
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The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km (18 mi).
The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon daishinsai) and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, and the 3.11 earthquake.
It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture, and which, in the Sendai area, traveled at 435 mph for up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. Residents of Sendai had only eight to ten minutes warning, and more than 19,000 were killed, many at the more than a hundred evacuation sites that washed away.The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east, shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in), increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day, and generated infrasound waves detected in perturbations of the low-orbiting GOCE satellite.
Initially, the earthquake caused sinking of part of Honshu's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre, but after about three years, the coast rose back and kept on rising to exceed its original height.The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,897 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,533 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.A report by the National Police Agency of Japan on 10 September 2018 listed 121,778 buildings as total collapsed, with a further 280,926 buildings half collapsed, and another 699,180 buildings partially damaged. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan. Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left ...
2011 Japan earthquake | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:12 1 Earthquake
00:07:49 1.1 Geology
00:12:28 1.2 Energy
00:13:47 1.3 Geophysical effects
00:18:13 1.4 Aftershocks
00:20:40 1.5 Earthquake Warning System
00:22:30 2 Tsunami
00:23:48 2.1 Japan
00:37:20 2.2 Elsewhere across the Pacific
00:42:26 3 Land subsidence
00:44:18 4 Casualties
00:44:27 4.1 Japan
00:50:17 4.2 Overseas
00:50:59 5 Damage and effects
00:53:11 5.1 Ports
00:54:33 5.2 Dams and water problems
00:55:45 5.3 Electricity
01:00:40 5.4 Oil, gas and coal
01:02:17 5.5 Nuclear power plants
01:05:52 5.5.1 Fukushima meltdowns
01:07:44 5.5.2 Incidents elsewhere
01:09:14 5.6 Wind power
01:09:39 5.7 Transport
01:14:09 5.8 Telecommunications
01:15:21 5.9 Defense
01:15:58 5.10 Space center
01:16:35 5.11 Cultural properties
01:18:02 6 Aftermath
01:20:11 7 Humanitarian response
01:20:40 8 Media coverage
01:23:39 9 Scientific and research response
01:28:17 10 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km (18 mi).
The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon daishinsai) and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, and the 3.11 earthquake.
It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture, and which, in the Sendai area, traveled at 435 mph for up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. Residents of Sendai had only eight to ten minutes warning, and more than 19,000 were killed, many at the more than a hundred evacuation sites that washed away.The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east, shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in), increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day, and generated infrasound waves detected in perturbations of the low-orbiting GOCE satellite.
Initially, the earthquake caused sinking of part of Honshu's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre, but after about three years, the coast rose back and kept on rising to exceed its original height.The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,897 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,533 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.A report by the National Police Agency of Japan on 10 September 2018 listed 121,778 buildings as total collapsed, with a further 280,926 buildings half collapsed, and another 699,180 buildings partially damaged. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan. Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left ...
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Tohoku earthquake | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:06:13 1 Earthquake
00:09:21 1.1 Geology
00:14:50 1.2 Energy
00:16:24 1.3 Geophysical effects
00:21:38 1.4 Aftershocks
00:24:34 1.5 Earthquake Warning System
00:26:46 2 Tsunami
00:28:17 2.1 Japan
00:44:32 2.2 Elsewhere across the Pacific
00:50:27 3 Land subsidence
00:52:42 4 Casualties
00:52:51 4.1 Japan
00:59:44 4.2 Overseas
01:00:33 5 Damage and effects
01:03:11 5.1 Ports
01:04:48 5.2 Dams and water problems
01:06:13 5.3 Electricity
01:12:06 5.4 Oil, gas and coal
01:14:02 5.5 Nuclear power plants
01:18:21 5.5.1 Fukushima meltdowns
01:20:35 5.5.2 Incidents elsewhere
01:22:20 5.6 Wind power
01:22:48 5.7 Transport
01:28:10 5.8 Telecommunications
01:29:35 5.9 Defense
01:30:17 5.10 Space center
01:31:00 5.11 Cultural properties
01:32:42 6 Aftermath
01:35:16 7 Humanitarian response
01:35:48 8 Media coverage
01:39:22 9 Scientific and research response
01:44:57 10 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km (18 mi).
The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon daishinsai) and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, and the 3.11 earthquake.
It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture, and which, in the Sendai area, traveled at 435 mph for up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. Residents of Sendai had only eight to ten minutes warning, and more than 19,000 were killed, many at the more than a hundred evacuation sites that washed away.The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east, shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in), increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day, and generated infrasound waves detected in perturbations of the low-orbiting GOCE satellite.
Initially, the earthquake caused sinking of part of Honshu's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre, but after about three years, the coast rose back and kept on rising to exceed its original height.The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,897 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,533 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.A report by the National Police Agency of Japan on 10 September 2018 listed 121,778 buildings as total collapsed, with a further 280,926 buildings half collapsed, and another 699,180 buildings partially damaged. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan. Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left ...
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00:06:39 1 Earthquake
00:09:55 1.1 Geology
00:15:54 1.2 Energy
00:17:35 1.3 Geophysical effects
00:23:20 1.4 Aftershocks
00:26:23 1.5 Earthquake Warning System
00:28:44 2 Tsunami
00:30:24 2.1 Japan
00:48:06 2.2 Elsewhere across the Pacific
00:54:35 3 Land subsidence
00:56:56 4 Casualties
00:57:06 4.1 Japan
01:04:41 4.2 Overseas
01:05:35 5 Damage and effects
01:08:25 5.1 Ports
01:10:09 5.2 Dams and water problems
01:11:41 5.3 Electricity
01:18:00 5.4 Oil, gas and coal
01:20:04 5.5 Nuclear power plants
01:24:39 5.5.1 Fukushima meltdowns
01:27:03 5.5.2 Incidents elsewhere
01:28:58 5.6 Wind power
01:29:28 5.7 Transport
01:35:20 5.8 Telecommunications
01:36:54 5.9 Defense
01:37:39 5.10 Space center
01:38:27 5.11 Cultural properties
01:40:16 6 Aftermath
01:43:00 7 Humanitarian response
01:43:34 8 Media coverage
01:47:23 9 Scientific and research response
01:53:22 10 See also
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The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin) was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 29 km (18 mi).
The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災, Higashi nihon daishinsai) and is also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, and the 3.11 earthquake.
It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture, and which, in the Sendai area, traveled at 435 mph for up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. Residents of Sendai had only eight to ten minutes warning, and more than 19,000 were killed, many at the more than a hundred evacuation sites that washed away.The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east, shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in), increased earth's rotational speed by 1.8 µs per day, and generated infrasound waves detected in perturbations of the low-orbiting GOCE satellite.
Initially, the earthquake caused sinking of part of Honshu's Pacific coast by up to roughly a metre, but after about three years, the coast rose back and kept on rising to exceed its original height.The tsunami swept the Japanese mainland and killed over ten thousand people, mainly through drowning, though blunt trauma also caused many deaths. The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,897 deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,533 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation.A report by the National Police Agency of Japan on 10 September 2018 listed 121,778 buildings as total collapsed, with a further 280,926 buildings half collapsed, and another 699,180 buildings partially damaged. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan. Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left ...
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