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A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
On November 28, 2011, REACT to FILM screened The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom at the SoHo House in West Hollywood, CA and moderated a Q&A with director Lucy Walker, Aki Mizutani and Kira Carstensen. [16] Critical reception in Japan has also been positive, with Cinema Today Japan acknowledging the short's Academy Awards nomination. [17]
The remnants of the Crisis Management Department Building where Miki Endo was swept away by the tsunami. Miki Endo (遠藤 未希, Endō Miki, July 18, 1986, Japan – March 11, 2011, Minamisanriku, Japan) was an employee of the town of Minamisanriku's Crisis Management Department, tasked with broadcasting disaster advisories and warnings.
The U.S. Embassy in Japan had advised evacuation of all American nationals to outside a 80 km (50 mi) radius from the Fukushima power plant on 16 March 2011, [108] which is a far greater distance than the 20 km (12 mi) evacuation zone the Japanese government had already recommended for all inhabitants of the affected region, [109] but later ...
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacks Pearl Harbor in the United States which is neutral in World War II, thus bringing the U.S. into the conflict; the attack is presented as a Japanese disaster, "A Day of Infamy", bombing a neutral country, missing key targets, and provoking a war they could never win. 2,403 victims are killed and 1,178 ...
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Geo Himeji Tohori at dusk. Geo Corporation (株式会社ゲオ, Kabushiki-gaisha Geo) is a Japanese company that mainly operates in the buying and selling of products, notably but not limited to DVDs, CDs, and video games.
The 2011 awards were marked the ten-year anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards Japan. On May 1, a pre-event to promote the awards was held, starting at 4 pm at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Performers included the singer Nishino Kana and the boy band MBLAQ. [4] Additionally, MTV Japan donated 10 Yens per vote to the Japanese Red Cross. [5]